Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Florence Nightingale was born in a rich family. When she was young she took lessons in music and drawing, and read great books. She also traveled a great deal with her mother and father. As a child she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. She enjoyed helping them. At last mind was made up. "I'm going to be a nurse," she decided. "Nursing isn't the right work for a lady," her father told her. "Then I will make it so," she smiled. And she went to learn nursing in Germany and France. When she returned to England, Florence started a nursing home for home. During the Crimean War in 1854 she went with a group of thirty eight nurses to the front hospitals. What they saw there was terrible. Dirt and death were everywhere to be seen -- and smelled. The officer there did not want any woman to tell him how to run a hospital, either. But the brave nurse went to work. Florence used her own money and some from friends to buy clothes, beds, medicine and food for the men. Her only pay was in smiles from the lips of dying soldiers. But they were more than enough for this kind woman. After she returned to England, she was honored for her services by Queen Victoria. But Florence said that her work had just begun. She raised money to build the Nightingale Home for Nurses in London. She also wrote a book on public health, which was printed in several countries. Florence Nightingale died at the age of ninety, still trying to serve others through her work as a nurse. Indeed, it is because of her that we honor nurses today. Question: The passage can best be described as _ . - the life story of a famous woman - a description of the nursing work - an example of successful education - the history of nursing in England
Answer: the life story of a famous woman

Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Writing has become a fashion among today's teenagers. Look at how popular young writers like Han Han and Guo Jingming are. Gao Can is a writer. Actually, the 18-year-old is the youngest member of the Association of Writers of Shanxi. So far, the second grader in the Senior High School Affiliated to Xi'an Jiaotong University has published several books. She writes fairy tales, short essays, and most of all, poems. Gao said she began poem writing when she was in primary school. Once her teacher asked the class to write composition called "If I were". Gao had an idea--"Why not make it a poem?" Since then, she has written hundreds of poems and published three books of them. "I don't have too much life experience," said Gao. "I write about nature, about things I feel inside and my spiritual world." However, teenagers these days rarely write poems, or read them. Exams want "any style but poetry". But like Gao, there are those who still read and write poems. Hu Jingzhi is one of them. The 19-year-old boy said that poems inspire them. "But it's annoying that I can't find many poem collections in nearby bookstores," he said. Gao agreed with Hu. She said that today's bookstores were filled with books on "how to make money quickly" or "how to give a successful speech". "Poems won't teach you how to make money," said Gao, " but the beautiful words clear your mind and stimulate your imagination." "Writing poems is not at all difficult. Just express yourself. And read poems-for their beautiful style....and for the pure things in life." Question: Which of the following statements is NOT true? - Gao Can is a member of the Association of Writers of Shanxi. - She is a Senior High School student. - At the age of 13 she began to write poems. - She thinks writing poems is very easy.
Answer: At the age of 13 she began to write poems.

Question: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Put an ice cube from your fridge into a glass of water. You have a piece of string 10 centimeters long. The problem is to take out that piece of ice with the help of the string. But you must not touch the ice with your fingers. You may ask your friends to try to do that when you are having dinner together. There is a saltcellar on the table. You must use salt when you carry out this experiment. First you put the string across the piece of ice. Then put some salt on the ice. Salt makes ice melt . The ice round the string will begin to melt. But when it melts, it will lose heat. The cold ice cube will make the salt water freeze again. After a minute or two you may raise the piece of string and with it you will raise your piece of ice! This experiment can be very useful to you. If, for example, there is ice near the door of your house, you must use very much salt to melt all the ice. If you don't put enough salt, the water will freeze again. Question: We must use _ when we carry out this experiment. - fridge - some food - a table - some salt
Answer:
some salt