56. It can be inferred from this text that ______ .

A. the role of hospital environment is being recognized 

B. exhibitions of art in hospital attract more audience than that in museums

C. hospital artists have done a lot for patients 

D. hospitals in Britain look more beautiful than those in other countries

                   (E)

The Internet has led to a huge increase in credit-card (信用卡) fraud. Your card information could even be for sale in an illegal Web site. Web sites offering cheap goods and services should be regarded with care. On-line shoppers who enter their credit-card information may never receive the goods they thought they bought.   The thieves then go shopping with your card number-or sell the information over the Internet.   Computers hackers have broken down security systems, raising questions about the safety of cardholder information. Several months ago, 25 000 customers of CD Universe, an on-line music retailer (批发商), were not lucky. Their names, addresses and credit-card numbers were posted on a Web site after the retailer refused to pay US $157 828 to get back the information.   Credit-card firms are now fighting against on-line fraud. Mastercard is working on plans for Web-only credit card, with a lower credit limit. The card could be used only for shopping on-line.   However, there are a few simple steps you can take to keep from being cheated.    Ask about your credit-card firm's on-line rules: Under British law, cardholders are responsible for the first US $78 of any fraudulent spending.   And shop only at secure sites: Send your credit-card information only if the Web site offers advanced secure(牢靠的)system.   If the security is in place, a letter will appear in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. The Web site address may also start with https://-the extra "s" stands for secure. If in doubt, give your credit-card information over the telephone.   Keep your password safe: Most online sites require a user name and password before placing an order. Treat your passwords with care.

47.The first sentence in Paragraph 1 “Not everyone in the world requires the same amount of space” means “______”. A. Living space requirements are not always the same   

B. Nobody needs a required amount of living space

C. The world requires the same amount of living space   D. Not two people need exactly the same amount of living space 48. The best title for this passage is ______.   A. American Way of Living   B. Psychological Space and Economic Pressure 

C. Space Needs in Different Countries   D. Psychological Space

                    (C)

We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. but most mistakes are about people. "Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?" "When I got that great job, did Jim, as a friend, really feel good about it? Or did he envy (嫉妒) my luck?" "And was Paul friendly just because I had a car?" When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad.   But when we look back, it is too late.   Why do we go wrong about our friends, or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meanings. And if we do not really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, "You're a lucky dog!" Is he really on your side? If he says, "You're a lucky guy", that is being friendly. But "a lucky dog?" There is a bit of envy in those words. What he may be saying is that he does not think you deserve your luck.   "Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for" is another phrase that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem. But this phrase contains the thought that your problem is not at all important.   How can you tell the real meaning behind someone's words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Is what he says shown by the tone of voice? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save your another mistake. 49.When the writer recalls some of the things that happened between him and his friends, he _______.  A. feels happy, thinking how nice his friends were to him  B. feels he might not have understood his friends' true feelings  C. thinks it a mistake to have broken up with his girl friend  D. is sorry that his friends let him down 50.When the writer talks about someone saying, "You're a lucky dog!", he is saying that ______.  A .the speaker is just friendly  B. this sentence suggests the same as "You're a lucky guy!"  C. the word "dog" should not be used to apply to people  D. sometimes the words show that the speaker is a bit envious 51.This passage tries to tell you how to ______.  A. avoid mistakes about money and friends  B. get an idea of friendly people  C. avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell you  D. keep people friendly without trusting them 52.The writer suggests that _______.  A. everybody is believed in         B. nobody is to be trusted 

C. all the people are worth trusting      D. all the people are not trusted

                    (D)

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

As part of a nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the museums 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 2500 national health service hospitals in Britain, almost 100 now have very valuable collections of present art in passages, waiting areas and treatment rooms.

These recent movements first started by one artist, Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester hospital on 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! 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 he was soon joined by a team of six young art school graduates. The effect is striking. Now in the passages and waiting rooms the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colors, playful images(形象) 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 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.

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