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The medical world is gradually realising that the quality of the environment in the 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.

These recent movements were 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 that 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! The effect is striking. Now in the passages and waiting rooms, the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colours, 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 of 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.

60. Some artists have been gathered to ________.

A. pull down older hospitals and build up new ones   

B. make the corners of the hospital building round

C. bring art into hospitals

D. help patients recover from illnesses

61. From this passage, we learn that ________.

A. artists in Britain have completely lost their places in modern society 

B. it is encouraged to place art works in British hospitals

C. hospitals in Britain should be changed into art museums

D. patients should be encouraged to learn art

62. After the improvement of the hospital environment, patients ________.

A. need fewer pain killers when recovering from illnesses

B. no longer need drugs to ease their pains

C. needn’t buy any expensive drugs

D. can take fewer pills each time

63. It can be inferred from this passage that ________.

A. hospital artists have done a great deal for patients

B. the role of hospital environment is being recognised

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

D. exhibitions of art in hospitals attract more audience than those in museums

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