题目内容
After graduation from Harvard Medical School, Dr William Thomas never thought he'd work in a nursing home. Then, 51 , he became a medical director of a nursing home in New York, and his ideas began to 52 . "For the first time in my career, I was 53 for the answer to the question. What does it mean to 54 another person?"
55 that the biggest trouble facing nursing-home residents(居住者)are helplessness, 56 and boredom, he arranged laughter, usefulness and love as 57 .
58 Thomas calls it, he began the "Edenization(伊甸园化)" of the nursing home in 1992. At last he founded the Eden Alternative.
Lazy moments and loud television programmes were 59 with lovely children, playful pets, 60 plants and music in the lobby. These living things are mixed into 61 . Residents are 62 to tend the animals, water the plants, weed outdoor gardens and do crafts (手工艺品)with the children.
The Eden Alternative changed the 63 of the residents at this 80-bed nursing home. In a three-day study, the nursing home was 64 with a nursing home of equal size. The Eden Alternative had 15 percent 65 resident deaths and 38 percent lower medication costs.
In 1995 Dr Thomas 66 his full time to the promotion (推广)of the Eden Alternative. More than 200 nursing homes throughout the country have 67 the Edenization process. Thomas receives queries(质疑)from as 68 away as Turkey, Japan, Brazil and the Netherlands. He hopes that his idea of filling the
" 69 "with nursing homes and inviting the community in will help to "break conventional (传统的)practice in long term 70 ."
51. A. unexpectedly B. unfortunately C. unhappily D. suddenly
52. A. wonder B. struggle C. shake D. change
53. A. hoping B. replying C. caring D. searching
54. A. make B. visit C. tend D. care
55. A. Recognizing B. Supposing C. Regarding D. Imagining
56. A. loneliness B. poverty C. timelessness D. excitement
57. A. food B. reference C. treatment D. introduction
58. A. When B. As C. Unless D. Since
59. A. went B. replaced C. began D. met
60. A. man-made B. plastic C. alive D. live
61. A. hope B. life C. happiness D. success
62. A. got B. helped C. encouraged D. required
63. A. lives B. habits C. customs D. methods
64. A. compared B. covered C. dealt D. equipped
65. A. more B. less C. worse D. fewer
66. A. sent B. led C. devoted D. used
67. A. begun B. developed C. prevented D. invented
68. A. long B. much C. far D. soon
69. A. homeless B. homes C. plants D. pets
70. A. relation B. education C. match D. care
51-55 ADDCA 56-60 ACBBD 61-65 BCAAD 66-70 CACAD