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She could have lived an easy and comfortable life, but instead she chose to work hard and care for the sick.
Florence Nightingale was one of the world's great 1. Every year on her birthday, May 12, people celebrate International Nurses'Day to 2 the love and help that she gave to so many people.
Nightingale was born into a 3 family in 1820 in Italy. When she was 24, she told 4 parents she wanted to be a nurse. But they didn't like that idea. The family had a lot of money, 5 they thought it would be better if she didn't work. But Nightingale went on with her study. 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 6 the soldiers near Turkey. She made the hospital much 7 there.
At night, she would look after the soldiers. She carried a 8 with her, and the soldiers began to call her “the Lady with the Lamp”.
In 1860, 9 the war, Nightingale opened the first nursing school. She also worked to make the 10 better and made suggestions for nurses. She died in 1910 in London, at the age of 90.
Nightingale's birthday became International Nurses'Day in 1974.
( )1. A. nurses
B. doctors
C. soldiers
( )2. A. forget
B. remember
C. repeat
( )3. A. big
B. poor
C. rich
( )4. A. his
B. her
C. their
( )5. A. so
B. but
C. or
( )6. A. wait for
B. care for
C. ask for
( )7. A. cleaner
B. dirtier
C. smaller
( )8. A. book
B. lamp
C. flower
( )9. A. before
B. during
C. after
( )10. A. factories
B. hospitals
C. farms

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