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 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 2,500 National Health Service hospitals in Britain, almost 100 now have significant contemporary art in corridors, waiting areas and treatment rooms.
These recent initiatives(首創(chuàng)) 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 5,000 visitors each week. What a better place to hold regular exhibitions of art! Senior held the first exhibition of his own paintings in the outpatients waiting area of the Manchester 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

1. 1.
   The underlined part "to soften the hard edges of modern buildings" in Paragraph 2 means"________"
   1. A.
      to decorate hospitals with art collections
   2. B.
      to make the corners of hospital buildings round
   3. C.
      to change people's attitude toward hospitals
   4. D.
      to replace the old buildings with modern buildings
2. 2.
   Peter Senior is a(n) ________
   1. A.
      doctor interested in arts
   2. B.
      artist who refuses to hold art exhibitions in hospitals
   3. C.
      pioneer in introducing art into hospitals
   4. D.
      artist who owns a great deal of property
3. 3.
   The improvement of the hospital environment seems to be effective in ______
   1. A.
      making it unnecessary to give drugs to patients
   2. B.
      helping the modern artists regain their status in society
   3. C.
      calling in more talented artists to hospitals
   4. D.
      helping patients recovering from illness
4. 4.
   The writer’s attitude towards the effect of art exhibitions in hospitals is ______
   1. A.
      suspicious
   2. B.
      positive
   3. C.
      neutral(中立的)
   4. D.
      unfavorable

Answer 1

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試題分析：文章講述了一個英國現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)家把畫展擺在了醫(yī)院大廳里，從而改變了病人就醫(yī)環(huán)境的實例，以及研究的情況。
1.語義理解題。第二段提到，英國努力使藝術(shù)走出畫廊而進入public places。使很多醫(yī)院的走廊候診室、診室中都有了significant collections of contemporary art（數(shù)量可觀的當代藝術(shù)作品），由此可知，國家召集藝術(shù)家們改造舊醫(yī)院，從而soften the hard edges of modern buildings, 就是要用art collection來裝飾醫(yī)院，使醫(yī)院看上去不那么生硬、冷漠。
2.事實細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第一句These recent initiatives(首創(chuàng)) owe a great deal to one artist, Peter Senior ... early 1970s可知這些首創(chuàng)大部分要歸功于一個名叫Peter Senior的藝術(shù)家，他早在70年代初期就在位于英格蘭東北部的曼徹斯特醫(yī)院建立了他的工作室, 由此可知，他是第一位將藝術(shù)引進醫(yī)院的人。
3.事實細節(jié)題。從第一段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可得知答案D。
4.態(tài)度題。從第四段中What a better place to hold regular exhibitions of art!及倒數(shù)第二段The effect is striking說明作者對藝術(shù)展的影響持肯定態(tài)度。
考點：科技說明文