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Read the following text carefully and answer the questions 5, 6 and 7.

In 1820, a baby girl was born to a rich couple who were spending their holiday in Florence. The baby was named after the city she was born. Florence was a devoted Christian and when she was only seventeen, she felt that God was calling her to serve the humanity by saying "Serve God." So she decided to nurse the sick. In 1851, she went to Kaiserswerth in Germany to learn nursing. Then in 1853, she was given her first post reorganizing a small hospital in Harvey Street, London which was an institution for caring the sick gentle women in distressed circumstances. As a result of her excellent job of reorganizing the hospital, Sidney Herbert, the secretary of war invited her to go on a mission to soldiers wounded fighting the Russians. She sailed with 38 nurses to Turkey on October 21, 1854. She worked very long hours to bring order and cleanliness to the hospital and became a heroine to British people.

Complete the following table with the information given in the passage.

Name of eventPlaceYear/TimeContribution
Florerice was born(i) ____
Got first post(ii) ____1853(iii) ____
went to Germany (iv) ____
sailed to Turkey 1854(v) ____

Created: 6 months ago | Updated: 4 months ago
Updated: 4 months ago
Ans :

(i) in Florence;

(ii) Harvey Street, London;

(iii) caring the sick gentle women;

(iv) 1851;

(v) brought order and cleanliness to the hospital.

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