Question

【题目】 She could have lived an easy, comfortable life. But _______ she chose to work hard and care for the _______.

Florence Nightingale was one of the_______ great nurses. Every year on her birthday, May 12, people celebrate International Nurses Day to remember the love and help that she gave to so many people.

Nightingale was born into a rich family in 1820 in Italy. When she was 24, she told her parents she wanted to be a nurse. But they _______ that idea. The family had a lot of money, so they thought it would be better _______she didn’t work. But Nightingale went on with her _______. She went to Germany to learn to be a nurse.

During the war in 1854, Nightingale and a team of 38 nurses from England went to _______soldiers near Turkey. She made the hospital much cleaner there.

_______, she would look after the soldiers. She carried a lamp with her, and the soldiers began to call her “The Lady with the Lamp”.

In 1860, after the war, Nightingale _______the first nursing school. She also worked to make the hospitals better and make ________for nurses. She died in 1910 in London, at age of 90.

Nightingale’s birthday became International Nurses Day in 1974.

【1】A.finallyB.insteadC.in the endD.immediately

【2】A.sickB.poorC.richD.children

【3】A.city’sB.hospital’sC.country’sD.world’s

【4】A.likedB.didn’t likeC.hadD.didn’t have

【5】A.ifB.whyC.whenD.where

【6】A.studyB.workC.dreamD.trip

【7】A.look forB.wait forC.ask forD.care for

【8】A.At nightB.At noonC.In the dayD.In the afternoon

【9】A.went toB.closedC.openedD.broke

【10】A.plansB.suggestionsC.decisionsD.rules

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【5】A

【6】C

【7】A

【8】A

【9】C

【10】D

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要介绍了南丁格尔不顾家人的反对成为一名护士，并在战争中照顾伤员，她被士兵们称为“提灯天使”，且她在战后开设了第一所护理学校。南丁格尔的生日从1974年开始称为国际护士节。

【1】句意：但是她反而选择努力工作，照顾病人。

考查副词辨析。A. finally最后；B. instead反而；C. in the end终于；D. immediately立刻。上文说她可以过简单舒适的生活，此处又说她选择了努力工作并照顾病人，可推出此处用“反而”符合提议。故选B。

【2】句意：但是她反而选择努力工作，照顾病人。

考查名词辨析。A. sick生病的；B. poor贫穷的；C. rich富有的；D. children孩子们。“the +形容词”表示某一类人。结合第3段中“She went to Germany to learn to be a nurse.”可知南丁格尔选择成为护士，护士需要照顾病人。故选A。

【3】句意：弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔是世界上最伟大的护士之一。

考查名词所有格的辨析。A. city’s城市的；B. hospital’s医院的；C. country’s国家的；D. world’s世界的。根据下文“Every year on her birthday, May 12, people celebrate International Nurses Day to remember the love and help that she gave to so many people.”可知她的生日成为国际护士节，由此可推出她是世界上最伟大的护士之一。故选D。

【4】句意：但是他们不喜欢那个想法。

考查动词辨析及否定句。A. liked喜欢；B. didn’t like不喜欢；C. had有；D. didn’t have没有。根据下文“The family had a lot of money, so they thought it would be better ____ she didn’t work.”可推出她父母不喜欢这个想法。故选B。

【5】句意：她家有许多钱，因此他们认为如果她不工作将会更好。

考查连词的用法。A. if如果，从属连词；B. why为什么，疑问副词；C. when当……时，从属连词；D. where在哪里，疑问副词。根据题干“they thought it would be better ____ she didn’t work”可知她不工作是情况会更好的条件，此处用if引导条件状语从句。故选A。

【6】句意：但是南丁格尔继续她的梦想。

考查名词辨析。A. study学习；B. work工作；C. dream梦想；D. trip旅行。根据上文“she told her parents she wanted to be a nurse”可知成为护士是她的梦想。故选C。

【7】句意：在1854年的战争中，南丁格尔和一支由38名英国护士组成的队伍到土耳其附近照顾士兵。

考查短语辨析。A. look for寻找；B. wait for等待；C. ask for请求；D. care for照顾。根据下文“she would look after the soldiers”可知此处是说去照顾士兵。故选A。

【8】句意：在夜晚，她会照顾士兵们。

考查短语辨析。A. At night在夜晚；B. At noon在中午；C. In the day在白天；D. In the afternoon在下午。根据下文“She carried a lamp with her”可知此处是说在夜晚。故选A。

【9】句意：1860年，战争过后，南丁格尔开设了第一所护理学校。

考查动词辨析。A. went to去；B. closed关闭；C. opened打开；D. broke破坏。根据题意“1860年，战争过后，南丁格尔____第一所护理学校”可推出是开设了第一所护理学校。故选C。

【10】句意：她也为使医院变得更好和制定护士规则而工作。

考查名词辨析。A. plans计划；B. suggestions建议；C. decisions决定；D. rules制度。根据题意“她也为使医院变得更好和制定护士____而工作”可推出此处是说制定护士制度。故选D。

这篇文章主要介绍了著名人物南丁格尔，属于记叙文。选项设置大部分是同一词性的辨析。做题时要在理解各项含义的基础上，结合具体的语境来选择最佳答案。如第8小题，根据下文中的提着灯去照看士兵，可推出时间是在晚上。