Have you ever walked into a room and felt relaxed? It could be because the walls were painted blue, a calm and peaceful color．
Sometimes colors can affect our feelings and moods．Some colors can make us feel calm and peaceful．Blue is one of these．Wearing blue clothes or sleeping in a blue room is good for our mind and body, because this color makes a good feeling．Blue is also the color of sadness, so you may say you’re feeling blue when you are feeling sad．White is another calm color．You should wear white clothes if you are feeling nervous．White is also the color of purity(纯洁)．Many women like to be in white on their wedding day．Green is the color of nature．It can give us more energy when we are feeling tired．
Some colors can make you feel warm．These colors can give you a happy feeling．People who live in cold climates use warm colors in their homes like orange and yellow instead of white and blue．
Orange shows joy．It can bring you success and cheer you up when you are feeling sad．Yellow is the color of the sun, so it can remind you of a warm, sunny day．Yellow is also the color of wisdom．Some people prefer this color when they study for exams．For example, they may use yellow school things．Red is one of the strong colors．Wearing red often makes us active．
In short, we can try out different colors if we aren’t feeling our best．
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
(1)
According to the passage, which color of the following can make you feel relaxed?
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A．
Yellow．
B．
Orange．
C．
Red．
D．
White．
(2)
What’s the meaning of the sentence“She is blue today．”?
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A．
She is angry．
B．
She is sad．
C．
She is bored．
D．
She is excited．
(3)
Some students prefer yellow rulers or erasers when they study for exams because yellow is the color of ________．
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A．
wisdom
B．
purity
C．
nature
D．
peace
(4)
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
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A．
People who live in cold climates had better paint the walls of their houses white．
B．
Many women like to be in white on their wedding day because it’s the color of purity．
C．
Sometimes colors can affect our feelings and moods．
D．
Wearing green can give us more energy when we are feeling tired．
How much sleep do we need? The answers are different. Some people need only three hours of sleep a night. Others need ten hours of sleep a night. Most Amexicans sleep for an average of seven to eight hours a night. After age fifty, the average sleep hours go down to 6.5 hours a night.
Most people will have a bad night when they can't fall asleep. About one in three Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people cannot fall asleep. The name of this problem is called insomnia(失眠症).
This is not a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia .Some of these people had their own ways to sleep well. Benjamin Franklin(本杰明·富兰克林), the famous inventor, had four beds.He moved from one to another to fall asleep. King Louis XIV (国王路易十四) of France had 413 beds and hoped to fall asleep in one of them. Mark Twain, the famous writer, had a different way: he hy on his side(侧卧) across the end of the bed!
(1)
Most Americans usually sleep for about _________ hours a night.
A. 3 B. 5～6 C. 10 D. 7～8
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(2)
As people grow older,they need __________ at night.
A. less sleeping time
B. more sleeping time
C. the same amount of sleeping time
D. a fixed time to sleep
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(3)
If there are 100 million people in the US hav-ing a problem with sleep,what's the popula-tion of it? About _______.
A. 200 million B. 300 million C. 600 million D. 900 million
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(4)
Franklin tried to go to sleep by __________.
A. moving from one to another of his 413 beds B. moving from one to another of his 4 beds
C. inventing a bed for himself D. lying on his side across the end of the bed
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(5)
It's not mentioned in the passage,but we know that Mark Twain was ___________.
