Florence Nightingale（南丁格尔） 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 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 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.
小题1:When she was a child, Florence ____ .
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小题2:What made Florence make up her mind to become 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.小题3:During the Crimean War in 1854, Florence served in the front hospital where ____ .
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 or clothes小题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.小题5:The passage can best be described as ____ .
A．the life story of a famous woman
B．a description of the nursing work
C．an example of successful education
D．the history of nursing in England
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:A
题目分析：本文叙述了护理行业的创始人南丁格尔的一生，她为了护理事业奉献了一生。
小题1:C 细节题。根据As a child she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. She enjoyed helping them.说明她很喜欢和病人在一起很喜欢照顾病人，故C正确。
小题2:B 细节题。根据文章2,3段She enjoyed helping them. At last mind was made up. “I’m going to be a nurse,” she decided. 说明正是她要帮助病人的决心让她要去做护士的工作，故B正确。
小题3:B 细节题。根据文章第五段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. 说明当时的情况很照顾，工作的条件很艰苦，故B正确。
小题4:D 细节题。根据文章倒数第二段After she returned to England, she was honored for her services by Queen Victoria说明正是因为在战争所做的事情让她受到了女王的接见，故D正确。
小题5:A 主旨大意题。本文主要叙述了南丁格尔的一生的故事，为了护理别人而奉献了自己一生。故A正确。
点评：本文叙述了护理行业的创始人南丁格尔的一生。本文考查细节题为主，细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息或是其变体。搜查信息在阅读中非常重要它包括理解作者在叙述某事时使用的具体事实、数据、图表等细节信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节。做这类题一般采用寻读法即先读题，然后带着问题快速阅读短文，找出与问题有关的词语或句子，再对相关部分进行分析对比，找出答案。