A.分析:细节题。利用题干中出现的特征结构作为答案线索,这样找到答案相关句:
She traveled to hospitals a11 over Europe.She saw that doctors were working too hard.She saw that patients died because they did not get enough care.Nightingale felt that women could be doing more to help doctors take care of sick people.
Nightingale knew that in order for nurses to do more,they needed special training in how to take care of sick people.Nightingale went to a hospital in Germany to study nursing.Then she returned to London and became the head of a group of women、called Gentlewomen During illness.These women cared for sick people in their homes.
In 1 854, England was fighting a war with Russia.News reporters wrote about the terrible conditions in the hospitals that cared for the wounded.People demanded that something be done about it.A leader of the government asked Florence Nightingale to take some nurses into the war hospitals.So,in November 1 854,Nightingale finally got to work in a hospital.(该句内容直接回答的问题:直到与俄国的战争开始的时候,Nightingale才开始在医院里工作)
考点:考察表达特殊逻辑结构的语句:结果句。
4 On the battle fields Nightingale and her nurses proved to be
A as bad as the doctors had expected.
B quite generous.
C less than useful.
D very helpful.
D.分析:总结概括题。借助常识判断A和C(没什么用)肯定不是答案。作为与C成反意项的D成为答案的可能性很大。注意到题干提到的是“Nightingale and her nurses”,利用这个结构作为答案线索,这样找到答案相关句:
She took along 38 nurses whom she had trained herself.
At first,the doctors on the battlefields did not want Nightingale and her nurses in their hospitals.They did not believe that women could help.But in fact,the nurses did make a difference.They worked around the clock,tending the sick.Thanks to their hard work,many wounded soldiers survived.(该句内容反映出Nightingale and her nurses作了很突出的工作)
考点:考生推断总结能力。
5 Nightingale played a great role in
A the building of war hospitals.
B the education of women.
C the development of nursing.
D the improvement of working conditions for women.
C.分析:借助上面问题的解答,知道“Nightingale和她的 护士 ”是文章的中心,因此判断C是答案。
After the War, Nightingale and her nurses were treated like heroes.Finally, in 1860,she started the Nightingale School for Nurses.In time(最终),thanks to Florence Nightingale,nursing became an important part of medicine.
考点:考察对文章中心的把握。(文章中心往往在文章的开头或/和结尾处得以反应)