Question

 The medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play a significant role in the process of recovery from illness.

  As part of a nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the galleries(画廊)and into pub?lic places, some of the country's most gifted artists have been called in to change older hospitals and to soften the hard edges of modern buildings. Of the 2 ， 500 National Health Service hospitals in Britain, almost 100 now have significant collections of modern art in corridors(走道)，waiting areas and treatment rooms.

  These recent initiatives(new plans) owe a great deal to one artist,Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester Hospital in Northeastern England during the early 1970s. He felt the artist had lost his place in modern society, and that art should be enjoyed by a wider audience.

  A common hospital waiting room might have as many as 5 ，000 visitors each week. What a better place to hold regular exhibitions of art and paintings，in the outpatients waiting area of the Manchester Royal Hospital in 1975. Believed to be Britain's first hospital artist,Senior was so much in demand that he was soon joined by a team of six young art school graduations.

  The effect is striking. Now in the corridors and waiting rooms, the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colors, playful images and restful courtyard.

  The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expense when a patient is recovering from an illness. A study has shown that patients who had a view onto a garden nee?ded half the number of strong painkillers compared with patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at.

(   ) 5. What does the author mean by using the phrase "to soften the hard edge of modern buildings" in the second paragraph?

A.     To hold exhibitions of art and paintings in hospitals.

B.     To tear down the old hospital and build a new one.

C.     To decorate hospitals with art collection.

D.     To paint the walls of hospitals in soft colors. 

(   ) 6. What is true about Peter Senior?

E.      A famous doctor in Manchester Hospital and a gifted artist.

F.      Britain's first hospital artist and a patient in Manchester Royal Hospital.

G.     One of the six young art school graduations.

H.     A gifted artist and a pioneer introducing art into hospitals.
(   ) 7. According to Peter Senior,we can infer that      

A.     modern hospitals have a lot of patients

B.     art is hot appreciated by a large number of people in modern society

C.     patients should be encouraged to learn painting

D.     artists can not find their positions in modern society 

(   ) 8. What does the last paragraph suggest?

A.    The improvement of hospital environment may help the patients recover from illness.

B.     The improvement of hospital environment may be more effective than the medical treatment.

C.     The hard wall of the hospital worsens the patients.

D.    The patients would suffer from no pain at all after they had a longer view onto the garden.

Answer 1

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B篇通过讲述在医院布置画展有利于病人康复的做法，告诉人们环境可以在病人的恢复中起很重要的作用。

5. C句意理解题"soften the hard edges of modern buildings"是一种比喻，即柔和现代医院生硬的线条，以分散病人的注意力，起到调节心理的作用。

6. D逻辑推理题从第三段即可得知答案。

7. B逻辑推理题从第三段第二句可知答案。

8. A最后一段的大意是环境的改善可以减少病人的用药剂量。而B项、C项和D项均过分强调了环境的作用，与主题句相悖，只有A 项贴切。