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What colour is your name? What colour is Wednesday? These questions might sound strange to most people, but some can answer right away. One person says her name is the colour red. For another person, Wednesday is blue. These people have a condition called synesthesia (通感). This means they experience two senses at the same time. For these people, the senses

of smell, sound, sight, touch, and taste are not separate (分开的). They might see and also hear

colours, for example, or hear as well as feel sounds.

The most common form of synesthesia is to hear sounds as colours. A person with synesthesia might hear the number “three” as blue or the letter “D” as red. Someone might always see green upon hearing the word “April”. Another person might see different colours while listening to music. Some people also taste colours. To one person, beef might taste blue and to another, yellow. Some people experience feelings in colour. For example, one person with synesthesia reports feeling pain as the colour orange.

Another form of synesthesia is to experience sounds or tastes as shapes. Some people see music as squares and circles (圆形). Some people taste a sweet as a smooth ball.

There are other forms of synesthesia, as well. For one man, different words have different tastes. Some words taste like pork; others taste like potatoes or eggs.

Synesthesia is not a common condition. Perhaps only one person in every 5,000 has it. For these people, the everyday world can be interesting.

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Gao Wenqi, 49, owner of a restaurant in Xi’an, Shanxi, started to offer a new service on April 13, 2013: suspended meals (待用快餐). Now many restaurants in China, such as in Henan, Chongqing and Yunnan, have joined the programme.

You can pay 10 yuan for a meal, which should be sold at 16, and leave it at the restaurant. Then other people in need, such as the disabled, the poor elderly or homeless children, can have it without paying.

This idea comes from the cafes (咖啡馆) in Naples, Italy. It’s a tradition that someone there

pays in advance for an extra (额外的) cup or two. Then another coffee-drinker can take them for free.

“The programme is meaningful. It offers help with dignity (尊严),” said Gao. However,

people are worried that someone who is able to pay would also ask for the suspended meals, so there should be rules for this programme.

1.According to the passage, this programme may possibly take place .

A. in a restaurant B. at a bus station C. in a school D. on a train

2.The suspended meals are offered to .

A. students B. children C. people in need D. the rich

3.The underlined phrase “in advance” in the third paragraph means “ ” in Chinese.

A. 滞后 B. 预先 C. 优先 D. 胜过

4.It’s said that the idea of “suspended meals” comes from .

A. Italy B. the US C. Canada D. China

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Someone who is unable to pay can ask for the suspended meals.

B. The programme is meaningful and it offers help with dignity.

C. Gao Wenqi’s restaurant joined the programme on April 13, 2013.

D. All customers must pay for an extra meal at the restaurant.

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