11. What is the text about?
A) Treatment of injured soldiers during the Crimean War.
B) The first woman to receive a formal education in nursing.
C) The book Notes on Nursing and its role in preparing nurses.
D) Nightingale's work in developing the nursing profession.
12. When was Florence Nightingale awarded the Order of Merit?
A)1907 B) 1853 C) 1910 D)1890
Read the text. Then choose the correct answer questions 13-14.Though the tulip is closely associated with the Netherlands, it is not a native Dutch flower. Like many other products in western Europe, such as the potato and tobacco, tulips came to the Netherlands from another part of the world. The tulip was first seen by Europeans in Turkey. In 1556 A.G. Busbequius, the ambassador sent by the Austrian Emperor Ferdinand I to the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, saw the flowers growing in the gardens of Adrianople and Constantinople. Soon after Ambassador Busbequius noticed the flowers in the Ottoman Empire, tulips became one of the most favorite flowers in Europe. Antwerp, Brussels, Paris, and Prague are among some of the cities where tulips first appeared. The popularity of the tulip in the Dutch Republic reached its high point in the years 1636-37
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