Question

The medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play an important role in helping patients to get better.

As part of nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the museum and into public places, some of the country’s best 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 very valuable collections of present art in passages (走廊), waiting areas and treatment rooms.

These recent movements first started by 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 exhibition of art! Senior held the first exhibition of his own 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 a team of six young art school graduates soon joined him.

The effect is surprising. Now in the passages 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 illness. A study has shown that patients who had a view onto garden needed half the number of strong painkillers compared with patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at.

1.According to the passage, "to soften the hard edges of modern buildings" means ___________.

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

2.According to Peter Senior, _______.

A. art is losing its audience in modern society

B. art galleries should be changed into hospitals

C. patients should be encouraged to learn painting

D. art should be encouraged in British hospitals

3.After the improvement of the hospital environment, patients may _______.

A. no longer need drugs in their recovery

B. no longer depend wholly on expensive drugs

C. need good-quality drugs in their recovery

D. use more pain killers in their recovery

4.The fact that six young art school graduates joined Peter shows that _____.

A. Peter's enterprise is developing greatly

B. Peter Senior enjoys great popularity

C. they are talented hospital artists

D. the role of hospital environment is being recognized

Answer

1. B

2. D

3. B

4. D

【解析】

文章讲述了一个英国现代艺术家把画展摆在了医院大厅里，从而改变了病人就医环境的实例，以及研究的情况。

1.语义理解题。第二段提到，英国努力使艺术走出画廊而进入public places。使很多医院的走廊候诊室、诊室中都有了significant collections of contemporary art（数量可观的当代艺术作品），由此可知，国家召集艺术家们改造旧医院，从而soften the hard edges of modern buildings, 就是要用art collection来装饰医院，使医院看上去不那么生硬、冷漠。故选B。

2.推理判断题。根据第四段中What a better place to hold regular exhibition of art! Senior held the first exhibition of his own 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 a team of six young art school graduates soon joined him.可知，据Peter Senior说，英国医院应该鼓励艺术治疗。故选D。

3.细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs when a patient is recovering from illness.可知，随着医院环境的改善，患者可能不再完全依赖昂贵的药物。故选B。

4.推理判断题。根据第四段中Believed to be Britain’s first hospital artist, Senior was so much in demand that a team of six young art school graduates soon joined him.和第五段The effect is surprising. Now in the passages and waiting rooms, the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colors, playful images and restful courtyards.可知，六名年轻的艺术学院毕业生加入Peter，这一事实表明医院环境的作用正在得到认可。故选D。