SAT阅读练习题:Reading Comprehension Test 3
<p> <span word="SAT">SAT</span>阅读练习题:<span word="Reading">Reading</span> <span word="Comprehension">Comprehension</span> <span word="Test">Test</span> 3</p><p> 10 <span word="minutes">minutes</span> - 7 <span word="questions">questions</span></p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="passage">passage</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="biography">biography</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Florence">Florence</span> <span word="Nightingale">Nightingale</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="mainly">mainly</span> <span word="remembered">remembered</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="heroic">heroic</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="nurse">nurse</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Crimean">Crimean</span> <span word="War">War</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="name">name</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Florence">Florence</span> <span word="Nightingale">Nightingale</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="memory">memory</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="virtue">virtue</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="heroic">heroic</span> <span word="adventure">adventure</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Crimea">Crimea</span>. <span word="Had">Had</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="died">died</span> - <span word="as">as</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> <span word="did">did</span> - <span word="upon">upon</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="return">return</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="England">England</span>, <span word="her">her</span> <span word="reputation">reputation</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="hardly">hardly</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="different">different</span>; <span word="her">her</span> <span word="legend">legend</span> <span word="would">would</span> 5 <span word="have">have</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="today">today</span> - <span word="that">that</span> <span word="gentle">gentle</span> <span word="vision">vision</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="virtue">virtue</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="shape">shape</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="adoring">adoring</span> <span word="eyes">eyes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sick">sick</span> <span word="soldiers">soldiers</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Scutari">Scutari</span>. <span word="Yet">Yet</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="matter">matter</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="fact">fact</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="century">century</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Crimean">Crimean</span> <span word="War">War</span>; <span word="and">and</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="greater">greater</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="period">period</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="energy">energy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> 10 <span word="devotion">devotion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="extraordinary">extraordinary</span> <span word="nature">nature</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="highest">highest</span> <span word="pitch">pitch</span>. <span word="What">What</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="accomplished">accomplished</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="unknown">unknown</span> <span word="sat">sat</span> <span word="labor">labor</span> <span word="could">could</span>, <span word="indeed">indeed</span>, <span word="hardly">hardly</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="glorious">glorious</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="Crimean">Crimean</span> <span word="triumphs">triumphs</span>; <span word="but">but</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="certainly">certainly</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="important">important</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="true">true</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="stranger">stranger</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="myth">myth</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="Miss">Miss</span> <span word="Nightingales">Nightingales</span> 15 <span word="own">own</span> <span word="eyes">eyes</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="adventure">adventure</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Crimea">Crimea</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mere">mere</span> <span word="incident">incident</span> -<span word="scarcely">scarcely</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="useful">useful</span> <span word="stepping">stepping</span>-<span word="stone">stone</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="career">career</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fulcrum">fulcrum</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="hoped">hoped</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>; <span word="but">but</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fulcrum">fulcrum</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="generation">generation</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sit">sit</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="secret">secret</span>, <span word="working">working</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="lever">lever</span>: <span word="and">and</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="very">very</span> 20 <span word="moment">moment</span> <span word="when">when</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="imagination">imagination</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="ended">ended</span>.</p>
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