阅读B：
　　Surprisingly,no one knows how many children receive education in English hospit als,still less the content or quality of that education.Proper records are jus t not kept.We know that more than 850.000 children go through hospital each year,and that every child of school age has a legal right to continue to receive education wh ile in hospital.We also know there is only one hospital teacher to every 1,000 children in hospital.
　　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 interviewed.
　　1、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
　　参考答案：C
　　参考解析：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
　　2、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
　　参考答案：B
　　参考解析：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。
　　3、Children in hospital usually turn to___in order to catch up with the ir school work.
　　A.hospital teachers
　　B.schoolmates
　　C.parents
　　D.school teachers
　　参考答案：B
　　参考解析：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。
　　4、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
　　参考答案：D
　　参考解析：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。
　　参考译文：
　　令人惊讶的是，没有人知道有多少孩子在英语医院接受教育，但教育的内容或质量却更少。正确的记录只是没有保存。我们知道，每年有超过85万儿童通过医院，并且每个适龄儿童都有继续在医院接受教育的合法权利。我们也知道医院里每1000个孩子只有一个医院老师。
　　难怪最近的一项调查得出结论，全国各地医院的分布范围和类型都有很大差异。据发现，英国有一半收容儿童的医院没有教师。另外四分之一的学校只有一名兼职教师。大城市的特殊儿童医院做得最好，乡村和度假区的综合医院做得最差。从这项调查中，我们可以估计不到五分之一的儿童与医院教师有接触，这种接触可能一天只有两小时。大多数受访儿童都很惊讶地发现医院里有一位老师。他们没有为父母或他们自己的学校做好准备。如果Re是一名教师，他们更有可能读书，做数学或数字作业；如果没有老师，他们只会玩游戏。
　　医院教学的原因从防止孩子落后、保持学校的习惯到让孩子被占着，后者是老师所能做的十件事中的一件。许多老师的地位和影响是总结出来的，当家长称他们为“图书馆小姐”或只是“助手”。孩子们倾向于依赖相关的学校朋友与学校工作保持联系。几位家长谈到学校对工作的要求不予理睬或拒绝。一旦回到学校，孩子们很少得到额外的教学，并被告知要尽快赶上。
　　许多短期住院的儿童患者很快就赶上了。但是学校对缓解被采访的许多孩子对落后的焦虑几乎没有作用。