Bringing Art into Hospitals

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 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 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(观众).

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 out—patient’s 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 colours, 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 gardens 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. Some best artists of Britain have been called in to__________.

2.After the improvement of the hospital environment,__________.

3.It can inferred from the passage that__________.

Americans like to travel on their yearly holiday. Today, more and more travelers in the United States are spending nights at small houses or inns(客栈)instead of hotels. They get a room for the night and the breakfast the next morning.

Rooms for the night in private(私人的)homes with breakfast have been popular with travelers in Europe for many years. In the past five to ten years, these bed-and-breakfast places have become popular in the United States. Many of these America’s bed-and-breakfast inns have only a few rooms; others are much larger. Some inns do not provide telephones or televisions in the rooms, others do.

Staying at a bed-and-breakfast inn is much different from staying at a hotel. Usually the cost is much less. Staying at an inn is almost like visiting someone’s home. The owners are glad to tell about the areas and the interesting places to visit. Many vacationers say that they enjoy the chance to meet local families.

1.Americans take a holiday trip_________.

2.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

3.Staying at the bed-and-breakfast inns, __________.

4.Which is TRUE according to the passage?

Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England, on January 8, 1942. At the age of 17, he entered University College, Oxford. He wanted to study mathematics, but took up the study of physics when math was unavailable. He received a Ph.D. in physics despite being diagnosed (诊断) with Ameliotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (肌萎缩性脊髓侧索硬化症) while at Oxford in 1963. In 1985 he became ill with pneumonia (肺炎), and since then has required 24-hour nursing. Dr. Hawking’s determination, along with the help of his family and associates, has allowed him to continue to work. In 1970 he began studying black holes. His research led him to predict that black holes send out radiation in the X-ray to gamma-ray(伽马射线) range of the spectrum (光谱). In the 1980s he returned to an earlier interest, the origins of the universe. He has co-authored many publications, such as 300 Years of Gravity and The Large Scale Structure of Space time. Dr. Hawking has also written books such as A Brief History of Time, Black Holes and Baby Universes and other Essays, The Universe in a Nutshell and others. He continues to give lectures, despite having been unable to speak since 1985, with the aid of a speech synthesizer (合成器) and a portable computer. He currently holds Isaac Newton’s chair as the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University in England.

1.Hawking went to University College, Oxford, in order to _____.

A. get a Ph.D. in physics

B. study mathematics

C. study the universe and black holes

D. seek help from the Lucasian Professor

2.Before Hawking started researching black holes, _____.

3.Which of the following books was NOT written by Dr. Hawking alone?

4.When did Hawking enter University College, Oxford?

The right pair of exercise shoes can do a lot to prevent discomfort, personal trainers say. Here are shopping tips:

 51   Depending on exercise types, shoes designed for walking, running  tennis and so on.

Shop when you normally exercise. Feet actually get bigger throughout  the day, sometimes swell up by nighttime.  52  

 53   Never buy a pair of shoes based only on the size of footwear you normally buy. Bring the types of socks you’d wear to exercise and go  for a walk through the store.

Talk to an expert. Shoe salesmen and personal trainers can study  your stride (步伐)and the shape of your feet. 54   

 55    Many trainers recommend taking the place of exercise shoes three to five months .

E．Pay more attention to new style shoes.

F．Replace worn shoes regularly.

G．Usually they can recommend the best shoes to guard against injuries.

短文改错(共10小题,每小题1分，满分10分)

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符（＾），在此符号下面写上该加的词。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，在该词下面写出改正后的词。

注意：1.处错误及其修改均仅限一词。2.允许修改10处，多者不记分。

I often dream of become a teacher. I dream of standing on the platform in the

classroom and giving lessons to lovely boys and girl. I teach them and watched them

growing up .I always feel young when I am staying with themselves. I know it is not

easily to be a teacher. I have to learn in order to teach. What is more, I have to

friendly with my pupils but take care of them. Only in this way can I be good

teacher and win respect from them. Though I am a student now, but I will work

very hardly to make my dream come true.

假如你叫李华,给你的美国笔友Tom写一封100词左右的信,谈谈你去狮子山

旅游的事情。内容要点如下:

1. 前不久和三个朋友游览狮子山；

2. 山顶有庙,稍南有元代著名学者之墓,墓碑上的字难以辨认；

3. 山坡上有很多松树,据说其中的两棵松树有500多年的历史；

4. 傍晚下山回家,大脑中留下了美好的回忆。

注意:1. 参考词汇:  Mount Lion狮子山；scholar学者；tomb-stone墓碑；

2. 首尾句已经给出,不计入总词数。

Dear Tom,

     I was so pleased to hear from you and am writing to tell you something about my visit to Mount Lion.

__________________________________________________________________

I really hope that one day you can visit Mount Lion with us.

       Best wishes！

  Yours,LiHua.

Of the two brothers, Bill is ______ younger one, and he is a quiet boy, ______ that most adults like very much.

------So you gave her your phone?

------_____, she said she’d return it to me when she could afford her own.

On hearing the news, the girl rushed out without hesitation, ______ the luggage ______ on the floor, and ______ in the dark.

The job is not very profitable ________ cash, but I can get valuable experience from it.