初一英语春季班第十二讲

第十二讲：Module 1

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Have you ever heard of Florence Nightingale? She was one of the ___1___ great nurses. To ___2___ the great lady, people celebrate International Nurses Day on May 12 every year. She gave her love and help to so many people in ___3___.

Nightingale was born in a ___4___ family on May 12, 1820 in Italy. When she was 24, she told her parents she wanted to be a nurse. But they ___5___ that idea. Her family had a lot of money, and she could lead a better life ___6___ she didn’t work. But Nig htingale went on with her ___7___. She went to Germany to learn nursing.

During the war in 1854, Nightingale and a team of 30 nurses from England went to the front to ___8___ soldiers near Turkey. She kept the hospital ___9___ cleaner there.

At ___10___, she needed to look after the soldiers. She carried a lamp with her, and the soldiers began to call her “The Lay with the Lamp”.

In 1860, after the war, Nightingale ___11___ the first nursing school. She also worked to make the hospitals better and make ___12___ for nurses. She died in 1910 in London, at the age of 90.

1. A. city’s B. hospital’s C. country’s D. world’s

2. A. forget B. count C. remember D. call

3. A. can B. need C. must D. may

4. A. rich B. poor C. large D. farmer

5. A. accepted B. disagreed with C. agreed with D. received

6. A. though B. why C. when D. where

7. A. study B. work C. dream D. trip

8. A. look for B. wait for C. ask for D. take care of

9. A. very B. much C. many D. so

10.A. night B. noon C. day D. home

11.A. went to B. closed C. opened D. broke

12.A. plans B. suggestions C. decisions D. rules

B

Mr. Johnson worked in a restaurant. But he wasn’t a good cook. At last he lost his job. He hated hard work and didn’t want to stay in the city.

Once something was wrong with his ear. He had to see a doctor. ___1___. And five minutes later he had to pay the doctor twenty dollars. He thought it was easy to get much money. So he came to the small town and opened a hospital. ___2___. But soon they fo und he couldn’t treat them at all and his medicine wasn’t useful. People hardly came and he had nothing to do.

One evening he heard a knock on the door. ___3___. He thought he had a bad cold and he asked him to take some medicine. After that the man left. The following morning he heard that the traveler died in a hotel.

On the third day a young man came in and said, “Thank you very much, doctor!” ___4___ And he said, “I haven’t seen you before. What do you thank me for?” “My uncle died from your