BEC Private High School Hmawbi

High School Students Level Entrance Exam

English Test Time Allowed – 2:00 Hr

I. Read the passage.

Having achieved fame for her work in military hospitals, Florence Nightingale is remembered
for the establishment of nursing as a profession. In 1820, she was born in the Italian city
after which she was named. Her English parents were there on a tour of Europe. However,
she grew up and spent most of her life in England. She was an intelligent girl and felt that
God had called her to do important work. She was interested in nursing but at the time it
was not considered a suitable job for a young woman from a good family. Her parents
wanted her to marry well and be a conventional wife and mother. However, Nightingale was
determined and in 1851 her parents allowed her to start work as a nurse in a hospital. In
1854, Britain and France went to war with Russia in the Crimea, in the Black Sea. There were
soon reports of the lack of medical care for wounded soldiers. A few months later,
Nightingale set out for the Black Sea with a team of nurses. They took over a hospital and
through hard work: scrubbing the floors and walls, washing bed linen, keeping the patients
and their wounds clean, not only improved conditions, but reduced the mortality rate. When
she returned to London at the end of the war, Nightingale established a nurses' training
school, from where nurses were sent to hospitals all over Britain. Her ideas on sanitation and
hospital planning are still influential today. She was awarded the Order of Merit by King
Edward VII, shortly before her death, in 1910.

A. Write the correct word or words to complete each sentence. (5 Marks)

1. It was Florence Nightingale who first ---------- nursing as a profession.

2. It was Nightingale's ---------- that God had called her to do important work.
3. ----------- was not considered a suitable job for a young woman from a good family
despite her interest in it.
4. As Nightingale and her nursing team kept the patients and their wounds clean, the
conditions of the patients were improved and the mortality rate ----------.
5. ---------- ideas on sanitation and hospital planning are still influential today.

B. Answer each question in one sentence. (5 Marks)

6. Why do people remember Florence Nightingale?

7. Where and when was Nightingale born?
8. What did her parents want her to do?
9. What happened in the Black Sea in 1854?
10. When did Nightingale establish a nurses' training school and why?
II. Rewrite the sentences and make them passive. (10 Marks)

1. Families in poor countries often force their children to work.

2. They should have redecorated the house before Christmas.
3. People say that he is a good surfer.
4. They have treated the prisoners badly for years.
5. You haven't answered to my question yet.
6. In Asia, children do a lot of the work.
7. You cannot reach this village by train.
8. Committee members handed out invitations for the meeting.
9. You must park your car in the garage.
10. They showed us the most important paintings in the gallery.

III. Fill in the correct form: Gerund or Infinitive (with or without "to"). (10 Marks)

1. Do you expect me ---------- it to you a second time? (explain)

2. Everyone in the village came to see them ----------. (leave)
3. It doesn't take that much time ---------- your room properly. (tidy)
4. We have never had such a famous person ----------- in this hotel. (stay)
5. I don't recommend ----------- through the city centre during rush hour. There's too much traffic.
(drive)
6. I can imagine lots of people ---------- him very much. (not like)
7. The company promised ---------- the furniture by the end of March. (deliver)
8. You must remember ---------- through your pockets before you put the jacket into the washing
machine. (look)
9. He did not pretend, ---------- his nervousness in front of the camera. (hide)
10. When I saw that lovely hat, I couldn't resist ---------- it. (buy)
11. Please stop ---------- and listen to me for a moment. (talk)
12. I caught him ---------- at me in a very strange way. (look)
13. He has a good chance of, ---------- what he set out to ----------. (do, do)
14. The sight of those two silly boys made us ----------. (laugh)
15. The policeman denied ---------- questioned the suspect without his lawyer present. (have)
16. I made up my mind ---------- her. (trust)
17. My parents used ---------- going to the cinema on Saturday evenings. Now they prefer ----------
at home. (like, stay)
18. Don't forget ---------- out where we can get tickets for tomorrow's performance. (find)
19. Bob deserves another chance ---------- he is the best defender in our team. (prove)
20. I don't recall ever ---------- you talk about her before. (hear)

IV.
V. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verb in brackets. (10 Marks)

VI. Write an essay (at least 300 words) on one of the following. (10 Marks)