20.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 and into public places,some of the country's most talented artists have been called in to transform older hospitals and to soften the hard edges of modern buildings.Of the 2,500National Health Service hospitals in Britain,almost 100now have significant collections of contemporary art in corridors,waiting areas and treatment rooms.
These recent initiatives 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 typical hospital waiting room might have as many as 500visitors each week.What better place to hold regular exhibitions of art?Senior held the first exhibition of his own paintings in the out-patients 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 graduates.
The effect is striking.Now in the corridors and waiting rooms the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colors,playful images and restful courtyards.
The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs when a patient is recovering from an illness.A study has shown that patients who had a view onto a garden needed half the number of strong pain killers compared with patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at.
32.According to the passage,"to soften the hard edges of modern buildings"meansB.
A.to pull down hospital buildings
B.to decorate hospitals with art collections
C.to improve the quality of treatment in hospitals
D.to make the corners of hospital buildings round
33.According to Peter Senior,D.
A.a(chǎn)rt is not as important in people's daily life as in hospital
B.a(chǎn)rt galleries should be changed into hospitals
C.patients should be encouraged to learn painting
D.a(chǎn)rt should be encouraged in British hospitals
34.After the improvement of the hospital environment,B.
A.patients no longer need expensive drugs in their recovery
B.patients are less dependent on expensive drugs in their recovery
C.patients need good-quality drugs in their recovery
D.patients use fewer pain killers in their recovery than before
35.The fact that Senior is in great demand shows thatD.
A.Peter's enterprise is developing greatly
B.Peter Senior enjoys great popularity
C.he is a talented hospital artist
D.the role of hospital environment is being recognized.
分析 文章大意:本文講述的是在英國醫(yī)療界逐漸意識到醫(yī)院環(huán)境的質(zhì)量在疾病恢復(fù)過程中起著重要的作用.一些非常有才華的藝術(shù)家被召集起來去改變舊的醫(yī)院,在英國2500所國家級醫(yī)院里,幾乎有100所醫(yī)院里的走廊、候診室以及治療室有了一些當(dāng)代藝術(shù)品的展覽.其中,Peter Senior是這些藝術(shù)家中比較突出的一位,他在曼徹斯特醫(yī)院創(chuàng)立了工作室,1975年他還在曼徹斯特皇家醫(yī)院首次舉辦了他個人的畫展,效果很令人吃驚.
解答 32.B 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第二段第一句話As part of a nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the galleries and into public places,some of the country's most talented artists have been called in to transform older hospitals…可知一些英國的非常有天賦的藝術(shù)家用他們的作品去裝飾醫(yī)院,因此答案選B.
33.D 推理判斷題.根據(jù)第三段最后一句and that art should be enjoyed by a wider audience以及第四段第一句A typical hospital waiting room might have as many as 500visitors each week.可知醫(yī)院是一個人員比較多的地方,因此會有更多的觀眾.
34.B 推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章最后一段可知醫(yī)院環(huán)境的改善可以使病人在恢復(fù)過程中減少對昂貴藥物的需要,因此答案選B.
35.D 推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章第四段最后一句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 graduates以及第五段The effect is striking.Now in the corridors and waiting rooms the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colors,playful images and restful courtyards可知醫(yī)院環(huán)境的作用得到了公認.因此答案選D.
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