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o 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. 【文章大意】文章講述了著名護士Florence Nightingale的一生。1. When she was a child, Florence _______. A. loved to travel very muchB. knew what her duty in life wasC. loved to help the sick peopleD. wanted to learn music and drawing【解析】選C。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段提到的As a child she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. She enjoyed helping them. 可知當她還是小孩時喜歡照顧別人, 幫助別人。2. What made Florence make up her mind to bee a nurse?A. Her father’s support. B. Her desire to help the sick. C. Her education in Germany and France. D. Her knowledge from reading great books. 【解析】選B。細節(jié)理解題。結合第4段的內容可知, 盡管父親反對, Florence Nightingale最終還是決定成為一名護士。3. During the Crimean War in 1854, Florence served in the front hospitals where _______. A. she earned a little moneyB. work was very difficultC. few soldiers died because of her workD. she didn’t have enough food or clothes【解析】選B。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第四段提到的What they saw there was terrible. Dirt and death were everywhere to be seen — and smelled. 可知工作條件非常艱苦。4. 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. 【解析】選D。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段提到的After she returned to England, she was honored for her services by Queen Victoria. 可知因為她所付出的努力, 她得到女王的獎勵。5. The passage can best be described as _______. A. the life story of a famous womanB. a description of the nursing workC. an example of successful educationD. the history of nursing in England【解析】選A。主旨大意題。文章講述了著名護士Florence Nightingale的一生, 故選A項。關閉Word文檔返回原板塊 16