Question

"Be a lady，dear. That is what we want！" How many times pretty young Florence Nightingale heard these words from her father and mother！She could have lived an easy and comfortable life. But 1       she chose to work hard and care for the 2       .

Florence Nightingale was one of the 3       greatest 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 4       the idea. The family had a lot of money， so they thought it would be better 5       she didn't work. But Nightingale went on with her 6       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 7       soldiers near Turkey. She made the hospital much cleaner there.

8       ，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 9       the first nursing school. She also worked to make hospitals better and make 10       for nurses. She died in 1910 in London, at the age of 90. Nightingale's birthday became International Nurses Day in 1974.

(   ) 1. A. finally    B. instead C. in the end    D. at once

(   ) 2. A. sick    B. poor C. rich    D. children

(   ) 3. A. city's B. hospital's C. country's D. world's

(   ) 4. A. liked    B. didn't like C. had    D. didn't have

(   ) 5. A. if    B. why C. when    D. where

(   ) 6. A. study    B. work   C. dream    D. trip

(   ) 7. A. look for    B. wait for C. ask for    D. care for

(   ) 8. A. At night    B. At noon C. In the day    D. In the afternoon

(   ) 9. A. went    B. closed C. opened    D. broke

(   ) 10. A. help    B. life C. decisions    D. rules

Answer 1

1. B根据But可知前后两句是转折关系。instead意 为"反而，却"。故选B。

2. A the sick意为"生病的人"。故选A。

3. D 根据Every year on ker birthday, May 12，people celebrate International Nurses Day.可知她是世界有名的护士。故选D。

4. B根据下句可知南丁格尔的家人不愿意让她当护士。故选B。

5. A if意为"如果"。故选A。

6. C 根据She went to Germany to learn to be a nurse. 可知成为一名护士是她的梦想。故选c 

7. D care for意为"照顾，照料"。故选D。

8. A 根据下文She carried a lamp with her…可知此处应是晚上。故选A。

9. C她开办了第一所护士学校。故选C。

10. D make rules"制定规则"。故选D。