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.
style=color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Microsoft YaHei"; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);/    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 2,500 National Health Service hospitals in Britain, almost 100 now have significant collections of contemporary art in corridors, waiting areas and treatment rooms.
style=color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Microsoft YaHei"; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);/    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 modem society, and that art should be enjoyed by a wider audience.
style=color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Microsoft YaHei"; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);/    A typical hospital waiting room might have as many as 500 visitors 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.
style=color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Microsoft YaHei"; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);/    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.
style=color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Microsoft YaHei"; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);/    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.

A:经济增长率高

B:国民收入增加

C:国内需求水平提高

D:进口增加

1.[单选题]Which of the following processes will increase salinity of ocean waters?

A.Evaporation.

B.Precipitation.

C.Melting.

D.Dilution.

2.[单选题]The Weddell Sea _____.

A.is a good example of increased salinity in freezing sea water

B.is much larger in area than the Arctic oceans

C.has a much lower salinity now than ever

D.has the denser water in its upper parts

3.[单选题]According to this passage, the sea _ is likely to have the lowest salinity.

A.in tropical areas

B.off Antarctica

C.of high rainfall

D.with abundant

4.[单选题]The best title of the passage can be “_____”.

A.Typical Oceans and Their Respective Features

B.The Causes of the Changes in Salinity of Ocean Water

C.Different Oceans Have Different Salinity

D.The Precipitation and Evaporation of Oceans

5.[单选题]Coastal regions are mentioned as cases where _____.

A.sea water is less salty because fresh water joins in

B.rivers carry industrial exhaust into sea

C.sea ice tends to melt more quickly than in the center of oceans

D.heavy water sinks to the deeper portions of the oceans

1.[单选题]The last paragraph implies that our immune system can be weakened when _•

A.we live in an artificial climatic environment

B.there are variations in temperature and humidity

C.our body temperatures often remain not high enough

D.we are often exposed to diseases such as colds and flu

2.[单选题]The fact that about half of workers developed the ability to fight off the bacteria may__.

A.relieve people’s worry about the danger caused by the bacteria

B.help people find an effective way to get rid of the bacteria

C.reflect the serious danger brought by the bacteria

D.cause serious disease such as cancers to people

3.[单选题]The author most probably wants the readers to treat biocides with an attitude of_.

A.caution

B.trust

C.enthusiasm

D.criticism

4.[单选题]What do we know about Legionnaire’s disease from the passage?

A.It was the most widely concerned office hazard.

B.It can affect people both inside and outside the building.

C.It happens only in air-conditioned office buildings.

D.It does not develop in well-designed buildings.

5.[单选题]In the old air-conditioned systems, bacteria first develop______.

A.in the reservoirs

B.in the ventilation system

C.in the humidifiers

D.in the air intake

1.[单选题]Government is believed to differ strikingly from business in that government is characterized by ____.

A.its absolute control of power

B.its function in preserving personal freedom

C. its role in protecting basic American values

D.its democratic way of exercising leadership

2.[单选题]The statement "The business of America is business" probably means"________".

A.The business institutions in America are concerned with commerce

B.Business problems are of great importance to the American government

C.Business is of primary concern to Americans

D.America is a great power in world business

3.[单选题]Americans believe that they can realize their personal values only_____ .

A.when given equality of opportunity

B.through doing business

C.by protecting their individual freedom

D.by way of competition

4.[单选题]It can be inferred from the passage that the author believes _____ .

A.Americans are more ambitious than people in other countries

B.in many countries success often depends on one’s social status

C. American businesses are more democratic than those in other countries

D.businesses in other countries are not as competitive as those in America

5.[单选题]Who can benefit from business competition?

A.Honest businessmen.

B.Both businessmen and their customers

C.People with ideals of equality and freedom

D.Both business institutions and government