单选题
In 1837, to the age of seventeen, Florence Nightingale decided to become a nurse, (51) horrified her dear mother. In (52) days, nurses were little more than doormen, and hospitals were places of dirtiness and (53) . Nightingale pressed on and in 1853 she became president (54) a small London hospital. She went on to the Crimea when war (55) there between Britain and Russia. She (56) the first of what we now know (57) war hospitals: sanitary, safe, and stocked with supplies. Her tireless ministrations (照料) to the (58) soldiers made her famous all (59) the world. Following the War, Nightingale (60) fame and continued to train nurse, ever battling (61) what she herself declared "a commonly received idea.., that it requires nothing (62) a disappointment in love, or incapacity in other things, to turn a woman (63) a good nurse. "Since 1921, her birthday (64) the centerpiece of National Hospital Week, (65) in British and American hospitals with special exhibitions, workshops, and publicity drives.
【答案解析】All over意思为“遍及…”，all over the world意思为“全世界”，所以正确答案为C。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】此处要根据上下文才能决定正确选项。上句说，南丁格尔对伤员不知疲倦地照顾使她誉满全球。接下来，她是从此卷入名利中，还是继续干她的事业呢?从本句的“continued to train nurses”，我们判断答案为D项avoided。avoid表示“逃避，回避”，pursue表示“追求；实行，从事”，involve表示“卷入”，bargain表示“淡判，协议”。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】battle against表示“与……斗争”，battle for表示“为……而战斗”，battle of表示“……的战斗”，a battle of words舌战。另外，没有battle through的搭配。此处against符合句意，意思是：她不计个人美名，继续培养护士，并一直与人们对护士的偏见进行着斗争。她自己把这种偏见描述为“一种普遍为人所接受的看法——要使一位女性成为一名好护士，唯一条件是情场失意或在其他方面无所能。”
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】Nothing but是个固定词组，意思是“仅仅，只有”，所以正确答案为B。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】turn…into…表示“使……变为……”，turn out表示“结果是，最后情况是”，turn in表示“交(上去)；送还，交回”，turn up表示“……出现，露面”。根据句意，此处应选into，turn a womam into a good nurse意思是“使一位女性成为一名好护士”，所以真确答案为A。