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Lady of the Lamp”. She and her nurses saved hundreds of lives and she stayed at the hospital until the war was over. She fell ill herself because she had worked too hard for a very long time. When she came back to England, however, she started to train nurses in all the hospitals. Soon all the big hospitals in England had their own training schools for nurses. Hospitals became clean and cheerful places and nurses were much more skilful. Today, nurses all over the world remember “The Lady of the Lamp”.Choose the best answer:73. “At one time during her reign…” In this sentence “her” refers to ______. A) Florence Nightingale B) Queen Victoria C) a nurse D) the Lady of the Lamp74. Which of the endings makes a sentence that is NOT TRUE? A) She became a nurse. B) She visited poor people when they were ill. C) She pretended to be a nurse. D) Her father did not want her to be a nurse.75. We are told that Florence Nightingale’s father did not want her to bee a nurse because he _____.A) was afraid she would catch a disease (疾?。〣) wanted her to make a lot of moneyC) did not want her to be like the other nursesD) did not want her to leave home76. When Florence Nightingale was a young girl, _____.A) hospitals were managed wellB) nurses were always careless and ignorant (無(wú)知的)C) doctors knew less than they know todayD) army doctors knew more than other doctors77. When she arrived at the hospital in the Crimea, she found that there was a lot of ____. A) medicine B) bandages C) food D) dirt78. When Miss Nightingale was a little girl, she used to like playing with her dolls and pretending to nurse them. The “nurse” here means _____. A) a nurse B) to look after C) to be a nurse D) to play79. _____, she started to train nurses in all the hospitals. A) After she fell ill herself B) After the war was over C) When she returned to her homeland after the warD)During the war she was in the hospital(C)John, David and James were three brothers. Every year on their mother’s birthday, they sent her expensive presents. They liked to show how rich they were. The eldest brother, John, decided to give his mother a perfect (完美的)present this year. He thought it must be more expensive than his brothers’. So he put an advertisement (廣告)in the newspapers: WANTEDTHE PERFECT PRESENT FOR A RICH WOMAN. For many days people phoned him from all over the country. Each of them wanted to sell him “the perfect present”. But John did not like any of them at all. Then, less than a week before his mother’s birthday, a man came to his office. He was carrying a cage (鳥(niǎo)籠)with a large bird in it. “This bird,” the man said, “can speak ten languages and sing any popular song. There’s no other bird like it in the world.” With these words, he asked the bird to speak to John in French, tell him a joke in Japanese and sing a famous pop song. John was very happy. “I’ll buy it. How much do you want?” John said. “One hundred thousand dollars,” the man said. This was a lot of money, but John paid him. Then he sent the bird to his mother with a birthday card. The day after his mother’s birthday he phoned her. “Well, Mother,” he asked, “what do you think of the bird?” “Oh, very delicious, dear,” she