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    How could we possibly think that keeping animals in cages in unnatural environments ―mostly for entertainment purposes ―is fair and respectful?
    Zoo officials say they are concerned about animals. However, most zoos remain “collections” of interesting “things” rather than protective habitats. Zoos teach people that it is acceptable to keep animals bored, lonely, and far from their natural homes.
    Zoos claim to educate people and save endangered species, but visitors leave zoos without having learned anything meaningful about the animals' natural behaviour, intelligence, or beauty. Zoos keep animals in small spaces or cages, and most signs only mention the species' name, diet, and the natural range (分布区).The animals' normal behaviour is seldom noticed because zoos don't usually take care of the animals' natural needs.
    The animals are kept together in small spaces, with no privacy and little opportunity for mental and physical exercise. This results in unusual and self-destructive behaviour called zoochosis. A worldwide study of zoos found that zoochosis is common among animals kept in small spaces or cages. Another study showed that elephants spend 22 percent of their time making repeated head movements or biting cage bars, and bears spend 30 percent of their time walking back and forth, a sign of unhappiness and pain.
    Furthermore, most animals in zoos are not endangered. Captive breeding (圈养繁殖)of endangered big cats, Asian elephants, and other species has not resulted in their being sent back to the wild. Zoos talk a lot about their captive breeding programmes because they do not want people to worry about a species dying out. In fact, baby animals also attract a lot of paying customers. Haven't we seen enough competitions to name baby animals?
    Actually, we will save endangered species only if we save their habitats and put an end to the reasons why people kill them. Instead of supporting zoos, we should support groups that work to protect animals' natural habitats.
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    Florence Nightingale was a nurse who saved many people in the 19th cenury. She was named after the city of Florence in Italy.

    Florence was ____ unusual young woman for her time, bemuse she didn't want to go to parties and get married. She wanted to be a nurse and help people. Her family ____ (not)want her to become a nurse because hospitals back then were dirty, horrible places.

    ____ the age of thirty-one, Florence went to Germany and learned all about nursing. It was hard work, ____ she loved it.

    In 1854, lots of British soldiers went to fight in the Crimean War. Army hospitals were filled with injured people, but there ____ (be)no nurses and many soldiers died. Florence and a team of nurses went to help.

    Florence worked 20 hours a day to make the hospital ____(clean)and safer place. She brought fresh food, she cleaned the beds and she used clean bandages on the wounded soldiers fewer ____ (man) were dying.

    At night, Florence talked to the injured soldiers and helped them ____(write) letters to their families. They called her "the lady with the lamp", ____ she always carried a lamp.

    When Florence returned to England, people called her a hero. Queen Victoria wrote her a letter to say thanks, She ____ (give)the honor(荣誉)----Order of Merit, becoming the first woman to receive it