Little wonder the latest survey concludes that the
extent and type of hospital t eaching available differ a
great deal across the country. It is found that half the
hospitals in England which admit children have no teacher. A
further quarter have only a part-time teacher. The special
children’s hospitals in major cities do best; general
hospitals in the country and holiday areas are worst off.
From this survey, one can estimate that fewer than one in
five children have som e contact with a hospital teacher—and
that contact may be as little as two hour s a day. Most
children interviewed were surprised to find a teacher in
hospital at all. They had not been prepared for it by
parents or their own school. If the re was a teacher they
were much more likely to read books and do math or number
work; without a teacher they would only play games.
Reasons for hospital teaching range
from preventing a child falling behind and m aintaining the
habit of school to keeping a child occupied, and the latter
is of ten all the teacher can do. The position and influence
of many teachers was summ ed up when parents referred to
them as “the library lady” or just “the helper”. Children
tend to rely on concerned school friends to keep in touch
with school w ork. Several parents spoke of requests for
work being ignored or refused by the school. Once back at
school children rarely get extra teaching, and are told to
catch up as best they can.
Many short-stay child-patients
catch up quickly. But schools do very little to e ase the
anxiety about falling behind expressed by many of the
children interview ed.
66． The author points out at the beginning that___.
A. every child in hospital receives some teaching
B. not enough is known about hospital teaching
C. hospital teaching is of poor quality
D. the special children’s hospitals are worst off
67. It can be inferred from the latest survey that___.
A.hospital teaching across the country is similar
B. each hospital has at least one part-time teacher
C. all hospitals surveyed offer education to children
D.only one-fourth of the hospitals have full-time
teachers
68. Children in hospital usual1y turn to___in order to
catch up with the ir school work.
A. hospital teachers B. schoolmates C. parents D. school
teachers
69. We can conclude from the passage that the author
is___.
A. unfavourable towards children receiving education in
hospitals
B. in favour of the present state of teaching in
hospitals
C. unsatisfied with the present state of hospital
teaching
D. satisfied with the results of the latest survey
短文大意：这篇文章通过一次调查，反映了当孩子们生病住院时，医院里的教学问题。
66．答案：B
【参考译文】作者在文章开头指出了什么？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】在第一段中，作者告诉我们说“没有人知道有多少孩子在医院里能接受到教育，更少有人知道教育的内容和教学质量”，这与选项B“not
enough is known about hospital teaching”的意思一致。
67．答案：D
【参考译文】由最后一次调查可以推知什么？
【试题分析】本题为细节理解题。
【详细解答】短文第三段第二、三句说“It is found that half the hospitals in
England which admit children have no teacher. A further
quarter have only a part-time
teacher．”由此可知，一半的医院没有老师，四分之一的医院有兼职老师，那么剩余的四分之一的医院就有全职老师了。
68. 答案：B
【参考译文】为了赶上学校的功课，住院的孩子常常求助于谁？
【试题分析】本题为细节理解题。
【详细解答】短文第六段第一句说“Children tend to rely on concerned school
friends to keep in touch with school work”，由此可知，他们求助的是同学们。
69. 答案：C
【参考译文】我们可以推知作者是何态度？
【试题分析】本题为概括题。
【详细解答】
作者一开头就用Surprisingly一词，清楚表达了对医院教育现状的态度。然后通过具体的调查结果，表明了对医院里儿童教学现状的不满。
