She could have lived an easy，comfortable life．But   1   she chose to work hard and care for the   2 

Florence Nightingale was one of the    3   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   4  that 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 the hospitals better and make   10  for nurses．She died in 1910 in London，at age of 90．

Nightingale's birthday became International Nurses Day in 1974．

1．A．finally               B．instead            C．in the end            D．immediately

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 to              B．closed           C．opened             D．broke

10．A．plans               B．suggestions         C．decisions           D．rules