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1、SSAT提高班阅读练习题集Section2Time-25Minutes40QuestionsReadeachpassagecarefullyandthenanswerthequestionsaboutit.Foreachquestion，decideonthebasisofthepassagewhichoneofthechoicesbestanswersthequestion.FlorenceNightingalewasawomanaheadofhertime.Beforethenineteenthcentury,theprofessionofnurs

2、ingwaslargelyuntrained.Midwivesweretheonlypractitionerswhohadanytrainingatall.Forthemostpart,sickpeoplewerelookedafterbythewomenofthehouseintheirwonhomes.FlorenceNightingalebeganaschoolinLondon,England,tosetthestandardsfornursing.Shewasabletodothisbecauseshehadalreadyestablished

3、areputationforherworkwithsoldiersduringtheCrimeanWar.Shecarriedalampaboveherheadasshewalkedamongthewoundedmen,therebyearningthenickname"theladywiththelamp.”Itwasthisgreatladywholitthewayfornursingtobecometherespectedprofessionitistoday.1.Thepassageismainlyabout(A)theimpactofnurs

4、ingonthesoldiersoftheCrimeanWar(B)FlorenceNightingaleandherinfluenceontheprofessionofnursing(C)Thedifferencebetweennursesandmidwives(D)HowFlorenceNightingaleearnedthenickname“theladywiththelamp”(E)Whyonlyfemalesenteredtheprofessionofnursing2.Whichofthefollowingwasamethodforpeopl

5、etoreceivecarebeforeFlorenceNightingale’stime?(A)Theywouldbecaredforonlybydoctors.(B)Theywouldbecaredforbytheirchildren.(C)Theywerelargelyleftuncaredfor.(D)Theywerecaredforbymidwives,(E)Theywerecaredforbyfemalerelatives.3.Thestyleofthepassageismostlikethatfoundina(n)(A)personall

6、ettertoatrustedfriend(B)anthologyofshortbiographiesoffamouswomen(C)historyofnineteenth-centuryEngland(D)textbookonmedicine(E)editorialwrittenforadailypaper4.Accordingtotheauthor,theprimaryreasonthatFlorenceNightingalewasabletoopenaschoolfornursingwasthat(A)shewasalreadyfamousfor

7、herworkinthewar(B)herfamilywaswillingtofinanceherwork(C)shehadgainednotorietyasadifficultwomantochallenge(D)shehadcaredformanywealthysickpeopleherself(E)sheworkedendlesshourseverynight5.Accordingtothepassage，allofthefollowingcouldbesaidofnursesEXCEPT(A)priortoFlorenceNightingale

8、,onlymidwivesweretrained(B)FlorenceNightingaler