Surprisingly, no one knows how many children receive education in English hospitals, still less the content or quality of that education. Proper records are just 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 while 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 teaching 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 some contact with a hospital teacher—and that contact may be as little as two hours 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 there 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 maintaining the habit of school to keeping a child occupied, and the latter is often all the teacher can do. The position and influence of many teachers was summed 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 work. 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 ease the anxiety about falling behind expressed by many of the children interviewed.
小題1:Which of the following statements is true?
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.
小題2: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．a(chǎn)ll hospitals surveyed offer education to children
D．only one-fourth of the hospital have full-time teacher
小題3:The hospital teachers are found________.
A．not welcomed by the children and their parentsB．unnecessary
C．not quite helpfulD．capable
小題4:In order to catch up with their school work, children in hospital usually turn to________.
A．hospital teachersB．schoolmatesC．parents D．school teachers
小題5:We can conclude from the passage that the author is________.
A．unfavorable towards children receiving education in hospitals
B．in favor 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

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:C
文章講述了住院學(xué)生的教育問題，老師太少，無法保證學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)，作者對于這一現(xiàn)象很不滿意。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段第一，二行no one knows how many children receive education in English hospitals, still less the content or quality of that education。
小題2:計算題。根據(jù)第二段第二行It is found that half the hospitals in England which admit children have no teacher. A further quarter have only a part-time teacher.可知一半的醫(yī)院沒有老師，另外的4分之一只有兼職老師，可以推斷出另外的4分之一的醫(yī)院有全職的老師。答案為D。
小題3:推理題。根據(jù)第三段前三行Reasons for hospital teaching range from preventing a child falling behind and maintaining the habit of school to keeping a child occupied, and the latter is often all the teacher can do.可知醫(yī)院的老師做做的工作只是讓學(xué)生維持學(xué)校的習(xí)慣，讓學(xué)生忙碌，不要總是打游戲。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段第四行Children tend to rely on concerned school friends to keep in touch with school work.
小題5:推斷題。通讀全文可知醫(yī)院的老師數(shù)量非常少，很多住院的孩子得不到教育，作者對于這一現(xiàn)狀是不滿意的。
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