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【题目】New research has shown that you might not just be feeling blue; you may also be seeing it differently. Your mood may affect how you see the world around you, according to a new study. A team of researchers has proved that sadness could have an effect on the way we see colors.

The team, led by psychology researcher Christopher Thorstenson of the University of Rochester, found that people who had a sad mood were less accurate in identifying colors on the blue-yellow axis (轴), compared to people who weren’t feeling sad.

“We were already deeply familiar with how often people use color terms to describe common phenomena, like mood, even when these concepts seem unrelated,” Thorstenson said in a statement. “We thought maybe a reason why these metaphors (比喻) appear was that there really was a connection between mood and identifying colors in a different way.”

Thorstenson and his team are not the first to identify a link between a depressed mood and a difference in recognition. In 2010, Emanuel Bubl and his team at Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg in Germany first proved a link between mood and identifying colors. This was supported by a 2013 paper by Johnson Fam of the University of Singapore.

The team conducted two studies. In the first, 127 participants were chosen randomly to watch one of two video clips, which had been proved in previous studies to feel either sadness or amusement. They didn’t do that in a specific order. The entire group was then tasked with identifying the colors in 48 continued color changes. The group that had been shown the sad clip was measurably worse at identifying colors along the blue-yellow axis.

For the second study, 130 participants were randomly assigned to watch either a sad clip or a neutral (中性的) one. The sadness group showed reduced ability to identify colors along the blue-yellow axis than the neutral group.

【1】If one ________, the colors he sees might be different from those in others’ eyes.

A. is in a good moodB. has an eye illness

C. attends a speechD. doesn’t feel happy

【2】Who were the first to find out the link between mood and identifying colours?

A. Thorstenson and Johnson.B. Thorstenson and his team.

C. Johnson and his team.D. Emaneuel and his team.

【3】The sadness group in the second study ________.

A. felt happy when watching the video

B. performed better than the other

C. were less able to identify some colours

D. could only identify blue and yellow

【4】What does the underlined word in the fifth paragraph most probably mean?

A. In no specific place.

B. With no specific rule.

C. With no specific confidence.

D. At no specific time.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

试题分析: 本文是科普类阅读，研究表明情绪可能影响你如何看待周围的世界，悲伤可能会降低我们识别颜色的能力。

【1】D 细节理解题。根据第一段提到A team of researchers has proved that sadness could have an effect on the way we see colors可知，悲伤会影响我们看待颜色的方式，故选D项。

【2】D 细节理解题。根据第四段中提到Thorstenson and his team are not the first to identify a link between a depressed mood and a difference in recognition. In 2010, Emanuel Bubl and his team at Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg in Germany first proved a link between mood and identifying colors.可知，Emanuel Bubl和他的团队是首先发现情绪和识别颜色的关联的第一人，故选D项。

【3】C 细节理解题。根据最后一段提到The sadness group showed reduced ability to identify colors along the blue-yellow axis than the neutral group可知，心情不好的一组识别蓝黄色系的能力比另一组低，故选C项。

【4】B 词义猜测题。根据倒数第二段中这句话的下一句提到They didn’t do that in a specific order.（他们没有按照特定的顺序来做）推知，这种测试没有特定的规则，是任意的，随便的，故选B项。