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　　Nurse ! I Want My Mummy

　　When a child is ill in hospital, a parent's first reaction is to be (5l)them.

　　Most hospitals now allow parents to sleep ( 52) with their child , providing a bed or so fa on the ward.

　　But until the 1970s this (53)was not only frowned upon-it was actively discouraged. Staff worried that the children were (54) when their parents left , and so there was a blanket ban.

　　A concemed nurse, Pamela Hawthorn, disagreed and her study " Nurse! I want my mummy"published in 1974 , ( 55) the face of paediatric nursing.

　　Martin Johnson, a professor of nursing at the University of Salford, said that the work of (56)like Pamela had changed the face of patient care.

　　"Pamela's study was done against the (57) of a lively debate in paediatrics and psy-chology as to the degree women should spend with children in the outside world and the degree to which they should be allowed to visit children in (58) . "

　　. "The idea was that if mum came to (59)a small child in hospital the child would beupset and inconsolable for hours. "

　　"Yet the nurse noticed that if mum did not come at (60) the child stayed in a rela tively stable state but they might be depressed. "

　　"Of course we know now that they had almost given up hope (61) mum was eve coming back. "

　　"To avoid a little bit of pain they said that no-one should visit."

　　"But children were alone and depressed so Hawthorn said parents should be (62) to visit."

　　"Dr Peter Carter, chief executive and general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, saidher (63) had been seminal. "

　　"Her research put an end to the (64) when parents handed their children over to strangers at the door of the hospital ward. "

　　" As a result of her work, parents and carers are now recognised as partners m care and are af forded the opportunity to stay with their children whilst they are in hospital, (65) has dramatically improved both parents' and children's experience of care. "

　　51. A. with B. over C. upon D. for

　　52. A. soundly B. overtime C. fortnight D. overnight

　　53. A. order B. thought C. exercise D. practice

　　54. A. hungry B. upset C. surprised . D. happy

　　55. A. changed B. examined C. covered D. cleaned

　　56. A. parents B. nurses C. doctors D. teachers

　　57. A. field B. background C. circles D. history

　　58. A. hospital B. family C. group D. school

　　59. A. worry B. control C. visit D. take

　　60. A. all B. large C. will D. it

　　61. A. useless B. that C. because D. whether

　　62. A. forced B. guided C. persuaded D. allowed

　　63. A. work B. condition C. doubt D. dream

　　64. A. months B. weeks C. days D. hours

　　65. A. which B. this C. what D. thus

　　参考答案及解析

　　51.A[解析]孩子住院了，父母的第一反应肯定是要和孩子在一起。"to be with somebody"表示"和谁在一起"。

　　52.D[解析]给父母在病房里提供床或沙发，是让他们和孩子一起过夜。ovemight：整夜地，意思符合题意。

　　53.D [解析]此处应指允许父母在医院里陪孩子这种做法(practice)。

　　54.B[解析]医院担心父母一离开，孩子会十分不安(upset)，所以干脆不让父母和孩子见面。

　　55.A [解析]Pamela的研究使儿科护理的面貌发生了改变(change)。

　　56.B [解析]前面提到Pamela是一位护士(nurse)。

　　57.B[解析]英语里表示"在什么背景下"用"against the background of"这一搭配。

　　58.A[解析]此处显然指允许父母到医院探望孩子的时间。

　　59.C[解析]前面已经提到去医院探望(visit)孩子。

　　60.A[解析]本句意思是，如果父母干脆就不来医院探望孩子会发生的情况。not at all: 一点也不。

　　61.B[解析]that引导同位语从句，修饰并说明hope的具体内容。

　　62.D [解析]be allowed to do sth：被允许做某事。孩子们独自一人闷闷不乐，因此应该允许父母亲来探视。

　　63.A[解析]该篇文章的主题就是护士Parmela的工作(work)所产生的重大影响。

　　64.C [解析]"the days"表示"时代"。

　　65.A [解析]which引导定语从句，修饰前面提到的整件事情。

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