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信息匹配

Directions：Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph．There is one extra heading which you do not need．

________ 1．Clara Barton was a small woman．Yet she made a big difference in many lives．Today her work continues to be important to thousands of people in trouble．

________ 2．Clara Barton was an unusual woman for her time．She was born on Christmas Day, December twenty-fifth, eighteen twenty-one．In those days, most women were expected to marry, have children and stay home to take care of them．Barton, however, became deeply involved in the world．

________ 3．By the time of her death in 1912, she had begun a revolution that led to the right of women to do responsible work for society．Clara Barton really began her life of caring for the sick when she was only eleven years old．She lived with her family on a farm in the northeastern state of Massachusetts．As a nurse, she cared for thousands of wounded soldiers．She began the American Red Cross．And, she successfully urged the American government to accept the Geneva Convention．That treaty established standards for conditions for soldiers injured or captured during wartime．

________ 4．In 1836, she passed the teacher’s test and began teaching near her home in North Oxford, Massachusetts．She became an extremely popular and respected teacher．After sixteen years of teaching, she realized she did not know all she wanted to know．She went to a special school for girls in Massachusetts．While in that school, she became interested in public education．After she graduated, a friend suggested she try to establish the first public school in the state of New Jersey．Officials there seemed to think that education was only for children whose parents had enough money to pay for private schools．

________ 5．Within a year, Clara Barton had lost her voice．She had to give up teaching．She moved to Washington D．C．to begin a new job．Clara Barton started her life as a nurse during the early days of the Civil War in eighteen sixty-one．One day, she went to the training center in Washington to meet a group of soldiers from Massachusetts．Many of them had been her friends．She began taking care of their wounds．For four years, Clara Barton was at the front lines of the bloodiest battles in the war between the North and the South．When she returned to Washington, Clara Barton found she was a hero．She had proved that women could work in terrible conditions．She made people understand that women could provide good medical care．She also showed that nursing was an honorable profession．

Answer 1

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解析：

1．E　2．A　3．C　4．F　5．B