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　　Florence Nightingale was born in a rich family. When she was young she took lessons in music and drawing and read great books. She also traveled a great deal with her mother and father.

　　As a child she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. She enjoyed helping them. At last her mind was made up. “I'm going to 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 for women.

　　During the Crimean War in 1819．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 nurses went to work.

　　Florence used her own money and some from friends to buy clothes, beds, medicines 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 war she returned to England and was honoured 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 honour nurses today.

1．When she was a child Florence ________ .

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A．loved to travel very much

B．knew what her duty in life was

C．loved to help the sick people

D．was most interested in music and drawing

2．What made Florence determined to become a nurse? ________ .

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A．Her father’s support

B．Her desire to help the sick

C．Her education in Germany and France

D．Her knowledge in Germany and France

3．During the Crimean War in 1854, Florence served in the front hospital where ________ .

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A．she earned a little money

B．work was very difficult

C．few soldiers died because of her work

D．she didn’t have enough food and clothes.

4．Why was Florence honoured by Queen Victoria?

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A．She built the Nightingale Home for Nurses

B．She wrote a book on public health

C．She worked all her life as a nurse

D．She did a great deal of work during the Crimean War

5．The passage can be best described as ________ .

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A．the life story of a famous woman

B．a description of the nursing work

C．an example of sucesful education

D．the history of nursing in England

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　　In England, many children go to nursery school from the age of about three, but these schools are not compulsory. Compulsory education begins at the age of five, when children go to primary school. Primary education takes six years, then pupils go to secondary school. After six years of secondary education, pupils take the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) examination. Most pupils take about eight subjects in this exam.

　　Compulsory education ends at sixteen. Some people choose to stay at secondary school for further two years and then take three or four subjects in this exam. Other people leave school at sixteen and go to college for further education.

　　Education in England has had many changes in the last ten years. Another new change took place in September 2000, in 6^th forms where students will have to study four or five subjects at S-level for their first year and then choose 3 in their second year to study at A-level (S-level is not as difficult as A-level).

　　Higher education begins at eighteen and usually takes three or four years. Students go to universities, polytechnic（工艺）schools or colleges of higher education.

（1）The compulsory education in England needs _____ years.

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（2）Compulsory education means ________ .

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A. children can choose any school

B. every child must go to school

C. the school education

D. the education for the children

（3）Pupils will have to take GCSE exams _______ .

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A. when they go to primary school

B. during their secondary school years

C. after they finish schooling

D. before they go to secondary school

（4）If a student wants to stay at a secondary school for two more years for further study, he'll have to take a (n) ______ exam.

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（5）Some students in 6^th forms can choose four to five subjects at ______ exam.

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