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.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 of the hospitals in England which admit children have no teacher. A further quarter has only a part-time teacher. The special children's hospitals in major cities do best; general hospitals on 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 intimate school friends to keep in touch with school work. Once back at school, children rarely get extra teaching, and are told to catch up as best as 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.57. 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.58. It can be inferred from the latest survey that________.A) hospital teaching across the country is similarB) each hospital has at least one part-time teacherC) all hospitals surveyed offer education to childrenD) only one-fourth of the hospital have full-time teacher59. The hospital teachers are found________.A) not welcomed by the children and their parentsB) unnecessaryC) not quite helpfulD) capable60. In order to catch up with their school work, children in hospital usually turn to________.A) hospital teachersB) schoolmatesC) parentsD) school teachers61. We can conclude from the passage that the author is________.A) unfavorable towards children receiving education in hospitalsB) in favor of the present state of teaching in hospitalsC) unsatisfied with the present state of hospital teachingD) satisfied with the results of the latest survey试题解析57. B)。
由于题干没有给出明确的信息，只能根据四个选项的不同内容分别进行定位。
根据第一段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.住院儿童的教育情况没有任何纪录，人们所知甚少，因此可确定B)为答案并排除C)。
A)和D)涉及面比较广，根据第三段的half of the hospitals in England which admit children have no teacher，可排除A)；D)的意思和第三段的最后一句正好相反，也应排除。
58. D)。
根据题干中的latest survey定位到第三段的内容，由第一句可排除A）；由第二句要排除B）和C）。
D)中的"四分之一"的医院不能直接得出，但可以通过计算得出；第三段第二句提到half of the hospitals（一半的医院）没有老师，第三句提到a further quarter（另有四分之一）只有一个兼职老师，剩下的医院当然占总数的四分之一。
59. C)。
由题干和选项内容可知此题涉及人们对于医院里老师的看法。
由题干中的关键词the hospital teachers和第五段中的hospital teaching可知讲的为同一内容，从第五段的最后可以看出医院里的老师对于这些孩子和家长来说，只不过是 "the library lady" or just "the helper"，其实帮助有限，只是keeping the children occupied，所以答案为C)，同时排除D)。
第四段的最后可以看出They had not been prepared for it by parents or their own school，家长和孩子只是没有想到医院里还可以有老师，并不是对此不欢迎或认为没有必要，所以A)和B)可以被排除。
60. B)。
由题干中的catch up with their school work可以定位到第六段，其中出现了school work和catch up等词，这一段中指出：Children tend to rely on intimate school friends to keep in touch with school work其中的school friends和schoolmates在意义上相似，因此应选B)。
61.C)。
由题干可知本题是关于作者的态度。
从文章第一段开头部分指出目前住院儿童受教育的状况。
第二段指出住院的孩子同样享有接受教育的法定权利，以及下面内容中显示的医院教育的不完善，可推断作者对这种教育现状非常不满，C)正确，同时可排除B)。
由第二段后半部分every child of school age has a legal right to continue to receive education while in hospital，可排除A)；survey只是文中一点，而不是主题，所以D）不可能是答案。
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