Question

In 1859, Italy and France were at war with Austria, and Henry Dunant, a young Swiss gentleman, came upon one of their battlefields. For the first time in his life, Dunant saw how heartless war would be. Around him were suffering men untended and left to die where they fell.

Henry Dunant went to work at once. Helped by several peasant women, he formed an ambulance service and set up headquarters in a little church. He treated the wounds of Frenchmen, Italians and Austrians alike. When he was asked why he did so, his answer showed a spirit of humanity that was not common in those days. “We are all brothers. A wounded enemy is an enemy no longer.” With his band of assistants, Dunant helped to save many lives. The “gentleman in white” (as Dunant was called because he wore a white suit) was looked upon by hundreds of wounded men as an angel.

    When Dunant returned to Switzerland, he could not forget the needless suffering on the battlefield. He thought of a great organization that should be planned to include many nations. It would do its work with the approval of all countries. And it must operate under a sign that all would know: its symbol would be a red cross against a white background.

He wrote a book to make the public see the need for this great organization. In the book he included a truthful account of what he had seen on the battlefield. The consequence was that readers were shocked by what he described.

After Dunant’s hard work, in Geneva on October 26, 1863, all the nations of Europe were invited to a meeting at which it was decided a relief society should be formed in each country. Then the Geneva Convention was made the following year. The nations that signed the Geneva Convention chose the red cross as the symbol for the international organization.

    Until his death in 1910, Dunant was always ready to look for a noble cause. And when the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded for the first time in 1901, the honor went to Dunant. No man has deserved it more than the founder of the Red Cross.

 

46. Why was Dunant looked upon as an angel by wounded men?

A. Because he really came from the heaven to help.            B. Because he wore a white suit.

C. Because he helped to save many lives.                          D. Because he was good-looking.

47. Why did Henry Dunant go to the battlefield?

A. To do business.                                                          B. To travel about the country.

C. To visit his friends.                                                     D. Not mentioned in the passage.

48. Dunant planned the organization with an intention to ______________.

A. function only in Europe                                               B. stop war

C. get the approval for relief work from every country       D. show his ability

49. In the passage, readers can’t learn ______________.

A. when Henry Dunant died

B. when nations in Asia signed the Geneva Convention

C. why Dunant deserved the Nobel Peace Prize

D. that Dunant was a determined man.

50. “We are all brothers. A wounded enemy is an enemy no longer.” The sentence showed that _______________.

A. Dunant was a good soldier                                          B. Dunant had no principle when he acted

C. Dunant wanted to stop war                                         D. Dunant had great sympathy for human beings

Answer 1

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