20．The medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play a significant role in the process of recovery from illness．
As part of a nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the galleries and into public places，some of the country's most talented artists have been called in to transform older hospitals and to soften the hard edges of modern buildings．Of the 2，500National Health Service hospitals in Britain，almost 100now have significant collections of contemporary art in corridors，waiting areas and treatment rooms．
These recent initiatives owe a great deal to 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 typical hospital waiting room might have as many as 500visitors each week．What better place to hold regular exhibitions of art？Senior held the first exhibition of his own paintings in the out-patients 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 corridors 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 an illness．A study has shown that patients who had a view onto a 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．
32．According to the passage，"to soften the hard edges of modern buildings"meansB．
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
33．According to Peter Senior，D．
A．art is not as important in people's daily life as in hospital
B．art galleries should be changed into hospitals
C．patients should be encouraged to learn painting
D．art should be encouraged in British hospitals
34．After the improvement of the hospital environment，B．
A．patients no longer need expensive drugs in their recovery
B．patients are less dependent on expensive drugs in their recovery
C．patients need good-quality drugs in their recovery
D．patients use fewer pain killers in their recovery than before
35．The fact that Senior is in great demand shows thatD．
A．Peter's enterprise is developing greatly
B．Peter Senior enjoys great popularity
C．he is a talented hospital artist
D．the role of hospital environment is being recognized．
分析 文章大意：本文讲述的是在英国医疗界逐渐意识到医院环境的质量在疾病恢复过程中起着重要的作用．一些非常有才华的艺术家被召集起来去改变旧的医院，在英国2500所国家级医院里，几乎有100所医院里的走廊、候诊室以及治疗室有了一些当代艺术品的展览．其中，Peter Senior是这些艺术家中比较突出的一位，他在曼彻斯特医院创立了工作室，1975年他还在曼彻斯特皇家医院首次举办了他个人的画展，效果很令人吃惊．
解答 32．B 细节理解题．根据文章第二段第一句话As part of a nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the galleries and into public places，some of the country's most talented artists have been called in to transform older hospitals…可知一些英国的非常有天赋的艺术家用他们的作品去装饰医院，因此答案选B．
33．D 推理判断题．根据第三段最后一句and that art should be enjoyed by a wider audience以及第四段第一句A typical hospital waiting room might have as many as 500visitors each week．可知医院是一个人员比较多的地方，因此会有更多的观众．
34．B 推理判断题．根据文章最后一段可知医院环境的改善可以使病人在恢复过程中减少对昂贵药物的需要，因此答案选B．
35．D 推理判断题．根据文章第四段最后一句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以及第五段The effect is striking．Now in the corridors and waiting rooms the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colors，playful images and restful courtyards可知医院环境的作用得到了公认．因此答案选D．
点评 本文是健康环保类阅读理解．这类阅读理解主要考察学生的理解推断能力以及细心程度，只要抓住文章的关键词，采用寻读的方法查找细节，就能找到正确答案．
