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【题目】Florence Nightingale was born in a rich family. When she was young she took lessons in music and drawing, and read great books. She also traveled a great deal with her mother and father.

As a child she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. She enjoyed helping them.

At last mind was made up. “I’m going to be a nurse,” she decided.

“Nursing isn’t the right work for a lady,” her father told her.

“Then I will make it so”, she smiled. And she went to learn nursing in Germany and France.

When she returned to England, Florence started a nursing home. During the Crimean War in 1854 she went with a group of thirty eight nurses to the front hospitals. What they saw there was terrible. Dirt and death were everywhere to be seen — and smelled. The officer there did not want any woman to tell him how to run a hospital, either. But the brave nurse went to work.

Florence used her own money and some from friends to buy clothes, beds, medicine and food for the men. Her only pay was in smiles from the lips of dying soldiers. But they were more than enough for this kind woman.

After she returned to England, she was honored for her services by Queen Victoria. But Florence said that her work had just begun. She raised money to build the Nightingale Home for Nurses in London. She also wrote a book on public health, which was printed in several countries.

Florence Nightingale died at the age of ninety, still trying to serve others through her work as a nurse. Indeed, it is because of her that we honor nurses today.

【1】When she was a child, Florence _______.

A. loved to travel very much

B. knew what her duty in life was

C. loved to help the sick people

D. want to learn music and drawing in the future

【2】During the Crimean War in 1854, Florence served in the front hospital where _______.

A. she earned a little money

B. work was very difficult

C. few soldiers died because of her work

D. she didn’t have enough food or clothes

【3】Why was Florence honored by Queen Victoria?

A. She built the Nightingale Home for Nurses.

B. She wrote a book on public health.

C. She worked as a nurse all her life.

D. She did a great deal of work during the Crimean War.

【4】The passage can best be described as _______.

A. the life story of a famous woman

B. a description of the nursing work

C. an example of successful education

D. the history of nursing in England

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】A

【解析】

试题分析:当南丁格尔小的时候，她喜欢帮助病人。当南丁格尔决定当一名护士时，她的父亲告诉她对于妇女来说这是不容易的。南丁格尔在前线医院工作了两年。今天我们给予护士荣誉就是因为南丁格尔。

【1】C事实细节题。根据短文第二段As a child she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. She enjoyed helping them可知她小时候很喜欢帮助生病的人，故选C。

【2】B事实细节题。根据What they saw there was terrible. Dirt and death were everywhere to be seen — and smelled可知那边的条件非常恶劣，死亡的人很多，又脏又臭，故选B。

【3】D事实细节题。根据短文During the Crimean War in 1854 she went with a group of thirty eight nurses to the front hospitals. 及After she returned to England, she was honored for her services by Queen Victoria. 可知是因为她在战争前线的护士工作使她得到了这个荣誉，故选D。

【4】A主旨大意题。从开头的Florence Nightingale was born in a rich family. 出生到结尾的Florence Nightingale died at the age of ninety死亡，文章讲述了著名护士Florence Nightingale的一生，故选A。