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 1854, England was fighting a war with Russia. War 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 1854, Nightingale finally got to
work in a hospital.
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.
After the war, Nightingale and her nurses were treated like heroes. Finally, in 1860, she started the Nightingale School for Nurses. In time, thanks to Florence Nightingale,
nursing became an important part of medicine.
41 Florence Nightingale was born into a rich
A Italian family.
B Russian family.
C English family.
D German family.
42 Nightingale's parents did not approve of her decision
A to Work as a doctor
B to care for sick people.
C to fight in the war with Russia.
D to travel to hospitals all over Europe.
43 It was not until the war with Russia that Nightingale
A got to work in a hospital.
B began to study nursing.
C started to care for sick people in their homes.
D became the head of Gentlewomen During Illness,
44 On the battlefields 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.
45 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.
