单选题 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 nation-wide effort in Britain to bring art out the galleries and into public places, some of the country's most talented artists have 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.
These recent initiatives owe a great deal to one artist, Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester hospital in north-eastern England.
The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs when a patient is recovering form an illness. A study has shown that patients who had a view on to 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 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 5 000 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 Infirmary 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. Instead of the familiar long, barren corridors and dull waiting rooms, the visitors experience a full view of fresh colours, playful images and restful courtyards.

单选题 Compared with the total number of Britain's National Health Service hospitals, the hospitals which have art collections is only ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】从第一段最后一句可知,在英国2500家全国健康服务医院中,有100家医院的走廓、候诊室及处置室里都装饰了现代艺术画,由此可推算出这个百分比是4%(100÷2500),A项为正确选项。
单选题 Peter Senior is ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】由第二段内容“这些最近的初步行动在很大程度上要归功于一位艺术家Peter Senior,他把他的画室建在了英国东北部曼彻斯特的一家医院”可以看出,Peter Senior是把艺术引介到医院的开拓性的艺术家,所以C项是正确的。D项中follower与原文相反,是不正确的A、B项在文中没有提到。
单选题 Peter Senior believes that ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】由第三段最后一句可知,Peter Senior认为艺术家已经在现代社会失去了他们的位置,艺术应该为更广阔的人群所拥有,这与B项的内容相一致,因此B项是正确选项。A项中in British hospical与原文不一致;C项与D项在原文中没有提到。
单选题 After the improvement of the hospital environment, patients ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】由第三段第一句“当病人进入康复阶段,环境的优化会使病人减少对昂贵药品的依赖”可以看出,B项是对原文的改写,符合题意,因此是正确选项。A项与C项偏离原意;D项过于绝对,与原文第三段第二句表述内容不符。
单选题 The fact that six young art school graduates joined Peter shows that ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】问及六位年青的艺术学院的毕业生加入Peter Senior的行列表明了什么?由第四段最后一句可以看出人们对Senior的需求多半是人们意识到了他们从事的用绘画艺术来改善医院环境对于病人康复的重要作用,这与本文首句是相呼应的,因此D项为正确答案。A、B、C项偏离原文的主题,不是本题的正确选项。