2014届高考英语基础知识总复习每日一练：118（北师大版）.docVIP

高三英语每日一练(118) After graduation from Harvard Medical School, Dr.William Thomas never thought hed work in a nursing home.Then,1.__ (expect), he became a medical director of a nursing home in New York, and his ideas began to change.“For the first time in my career, I was searching for the answer to the question，2.__ does it mean to another person？” 3__ (recognize) that the biggest trouble facing nursing-home residents were helplessness, loneliness and boredom, he arranged laughter, usefulness and love as 4.__ (treat)． As Thomas calls it, he began the “Edenization” of the nursing home in 1992, at last he founded the Eden Alternative.Lazy moments and loud television programmes were replaced 5__ lovely children, playful pets, live plants and music in the lobby.These living things were mixed into life.Residents 6.__ (encourage) to tend the animals, water the plants, and weed outdoor gardens with the children. The Eden Alterative changed the lives of the residents at this 80-bed nursing home.In 7.__ three-day study, the nursing home was compared with a nursing home of equal size.The Eden Alternative had 26 percent less nurse-aide turnover, 15 percent 8.__ (few) resident deaths and 3 percent lower medication costs. In 1995 Dr.Thomas devoted his full time 9.__ the promotion of the Eden Alternative.More than 200 nursing homes throughout the country have begun the Edenization process.Thomas receives queries ( 查询 ) from as far away as Turkey, Japan, Brazil and the Netherlands.He hopes that __10__ idea of filling “homeness” into nursing homes and inviting the community in will help to “break conventional practice in long term care.” 答案： 1．unexpectedly　副词作状语。 2．what　疑问词what作主语。 3．Recognizing　-ing形式作主语。 4．treatment(s)　填名词。 5．with/by　be replaced with sth “用……代替”。 6．were encouraged　表被动，“被鼓励”。 7．a　a three-day study“三天的学习”。 8．fewer　形容词作比较级。 9．to　考查devote...to。 10．his　物主代词作名词定语。 If there is one thing Im sure about, it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading newsp