Question

Scientists are making new studies of color and its effects on our health. They have known for a long time that the color of a room or the color of the light in it can affect our feelings and emotions. Many prisons and hospitals have at least one room that is painted pink. Officials have found that light and color can produce physical changes in our bodies.

Professor Falfan worked with a group of 9 disabled children at school in Albert. Two of the children were blind. The other seven had normal sight. The scientists changed the color of the school room, then looked for changes in blood pressure, heart beat and breathing rate. The effects of color changes were the same for the blind children as for those with normal sight. Their blood pressure dropped from about 120 to 100. Similar changes were reported in heart-beat and the breathing. The children also were calmer and less excited. Then the colors of the room were returned to orange and white. Blood pressure, heart-beat and breathing rate went up and the children became excited again.

Professor Falfan said different colors produce different levels of light energy. He said the differences seem to affect chemicals in the brain that carry messages from nerve to nerve and from nerve to muscle.

1.Light and color can affect________.

A．only one’s feelings and emotions

B．one’s energy

C．one’s mental changes

D．one’s heart-beat, brain activities, blood pressure, feelings and emotions

2.The color of pink had a calming effect, that is to say, the color affects __________.

A．the chemicals in the brain                 B．the eyes

C．the skin                               D．the muscle

3.According to the text, orange and white are colors which can make people ________.

A．calm             B．active            C．sick              D．blind

4.The colors in the school room mentioned in the passage were changed from _________.

A．orange to white                        B．orange and white to dark blue

C．orange and white to pink or some other colors D．gray to more colors

5.After reading the passage we can conclude that ________.

A．blind people can be affected by colors, too

B．one’s heart will beat fast in a colorful room than in a white room

C．the chemicals in the brain change with feelings and emotions

D．if one’s blood pressure drops, his breathing will get slower and slower

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲述的是颜色对人们的情绪，血压，心跳的影响。

1.D 细节题。根据文章第二段Then the colors of the room were returned to orange and white. Blood pressure, heart-beat and breathing rate went up and the children became excited again.和The scientists changed the color of the school room, then looked for changes in blood pressure, heart beat and breathing rate. 说明颜色对D项中的几个项目都有影响，故D正确。

2.A 推理题。根据文章最后两行He said the differences seem to affect chemicals in the brain that carry messages from nerve to nerve and from nerve to muscle.说明颜色的变化会影响人体的化学物质的分泌，故A正确。

3.B 细节题。根据文章第二段最后3行Then the colors of the room were returned to orange and white. Blood pressure, heart-beat and breathing rate went up and the children became excited again.说明橙色和白色会让人变得兴奋和积极。故B正确。

4.C 细节题。根据文章第二段The children also were calmer and less excited. Then the colors of the room were returned to orange and white.说明C项的顺序是正确的。故C正确。

5.A 推理题。根据文章第二段中最后一句Blood pressure, heart-beat and breathing rate went up and the children became excited again.说明看不见的盲人的血压心跳等都发生了变化，说明他们也受到影响。故A正确。

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点评：本文主要讲述的是颜色对人们的情绪，血压，心跳的影响。本文主旨鲜明,很容易在文中找到答案。做题时要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句，因为它们往往就是文章的主题句。阅读中要注意要点之间的关系。然后带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读任务。