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Anyone who ever wondered why a dying plant, say, a freshly-cut red rose may appeal to a lady friend, might take some comfort in science, which once again offers us a reasonable answer to one of the world’ s great mysteries.

Beyond a common preference in people for blue, “the long history of color preference studies has been described as ‘confusing and contradictory(矛盾的)’,” write scientists Anya Hurlbert and Yazhu Ling of England’ s Newcastle University, authors of a new study in the journal Current Biology. “This fact is perhaps surprising,” they said, “though the popularity of the concept that little girls differ from boys in preferring pink.”

But the scientists believe they have an answer to this scientific mystery, discovering women’s preference for red, hidden above the average liking for blue.

In their study, the pair quickly flashed color cards, displaying many different aspects, at 208 volunteers, mostly Britishers but with a number of Han Chinese, who moved to the United Kingdom recently. Tested in three different experiments, the researchers found out a small but significant preference for reddish colors in the female volunteers.

Puzzled, the authors realized that most of the difference between men and women came in the form of a preference for green VS red in the color cards, regardless of the other slight differences such as the slightly blue ones that everyone liked. Why might this be?

Evolution might offer an answer, they reason. Human color perception(感知), the assessment of three separate color types — red — green — blue— in our vision (视觉) is a relatively recent addition to our line of mammals(脯乳动物)

Adding weight to their argument, they found the women who are most typically feminine(女性的) on a psychological survey also had the biggest preference for reddish colors. “My love is like a red, red rose,” wrote the Scottish poet Rober Burns in 1794.

1.What does the first paragraph probably tell us ?

A.Scientific research can help people solve the mystery.

B.When we are tired, we can turn to science for help.

C.Science can make our study interesting and contradictory.

D.We should turn to scientific invention for comfortable life.

2.The word “pair” in Para.4 refers to _____.

A.boy and girl                            B.the two authors

C.research and result                      D.pink and blue

3.According to the passage, ______________.

A.boys like blue better than girls

B.girls like pink better than boys

C.men like red better than women

D.men and women both like green

4.How did the scientist do the research?

A.By asking questions                      B.By telephoning the interviewees

C.By adding numbers                      D.By doing experiments

5.What is the purpose of writing this article?

A.To sell products packed in red              B.To introduce the history of color

C.To inform us of a research finding           D.To analyze men’s taste for color

 

【答案】

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.D

5.C

【解析】

试题分析:本文叙述了人们在日常生活中女性与男性的在喜欢的颜色上的不同,女性多喜欢红颜色,而男性多喜欢蓝色。男女对颜色的不同偏好与生俱来,在人类进化过程中逐渐形成。

1.细节理解题。根据which once again offers us a reasonable answer to one of the world’ s great mysteries.有解释不清的问题找研究人员进行科学的研究,故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据write scientists Anya Hurlbert and Yazhu Ling of England’ s Newcastle University, authors of a new study in the journal Current Biology. the pair quickly flashed color cards,指的是两个作者,故选B。

3.细节理解题。根据This fact is perhaps surprising,” they said, “though the popularity of the concept that little girls differ from boys in preferring pink.” Tested in three different experiments, the researchers found out a small but significant preference for reddish colors in the female volunteers.小女孩喜欢粉色,故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据Tested in three different experiments,科学家通过不同饿实验得出结论,故选D。

5.写作意图题。根据手段和全文来看这篇的短文的目的在于告知人们一个实验的结果,故选C。

考点:日常生活类短文阅读。

点评:细节理解题:在快速阅读的过程中,要掌握主旨大意,要有阅读的整体意识,避免那种“只见树木,不见森林”的逐字逐句的阅读习惯。接着是寻读,确定“信息源”,找出问题的相关信息出自文章何处,跟哪些段落或句子有关,仔细比较所给选项与文中细节一点一滴的区别,在准确理解细节的前提下,最后确定最佳答案,这样对细节理解题的处理基本做到了有根有据,提高了判断的正确性。

 

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