New research suggests that the type of television you watched as a child has a great effect on the color of your dreams. While almost all people under 25 dream in color, thousands of people over 55, all of whom were brought up with black and white TV sets, often dream in monochrome (黑白画面).

  “It suggests there could be a critical period in our childhood when watching films has a big impact on the way dreams are formed,” said Eva Murzyn, a psychology student at Dundee University in Britain who carried out the study.

  Research from 1915 through the 1950s suggested that the vast majority of dreams were in black and white. But the tide turned in the sixties, and later results suggested that up to 83 percent of dreams contained some color. Since this period also marked the transition (过渡) between black?and?white film and TV and Technicolor (特艺彩色), an obvious explanation was that the media had been painting people's dreams. However, there weren't any firm conclusions.

  But now Miss Murzyn believes she has proven the link. She made a survey of more than 60 people, half of whom were over 55 and the others under 25.She asked the volunteers to answer a questionnaire on the color of their dreams and their childhood exposure to film and TV.

  She then analyzed her own data. Only 4.4 percent of the under?25s' dreams were black and white. The over?55s who had had access to color TV and film during their childhood also reported a very low proportion of just 7.3 percent. But the over?55s who only had access to black?and?white media reported dreaming in black and white about a quarter of the time.

  Even though they would have spent only a few hours a day watching TV or films, their attention and emotion would have been heightened during this time, leaving a deeper imprint on their mind, Miss Murzyn told the New Scientist.

  The crucial time is between 3 and 10 when we all begin to have the ability to dream, she said.

1.Which statement does this article lead you to believe?

A.All the people who were below 25 dreamed in color.

B.People begin to dream when they are 10 years old.

C.All the people over 55 dream in monochrome.

D.Watching TV or films probably affects dream color.

2.Eva Murzyn found from her survey that ________.

A.about 44 percent of the people who were below 25 dreamed in black and white

B.the dreams people between 1915 and the 1950s had were seldom in color

C.the people over 55 spent 50% of their dream time dreaming in black and white

D.the time spent before TV and films had a deeper influence on dream color

3.Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?

A.Eva Murzyn is a professor at Dundee University in Britain.

B.The 1960s was a time which marked a transition in dream color.

C.The period between 3 and 10 is an important time in forming dreams.

D.Miss Murzyn thought she has proved the connection between dream color and TV and films.

4.In which magazine can you find the article?

A.Aging Healthily.        B.Psychology Analysis. 

C.New Scientist.         D.TV and Film Reviews.

5.The passage mainly talks about the relationship between________.

A.dream color and types of television and films people watched as a child

B.dreams and types of television and films that people watched as a child

C.people's dreams and colors that they see in their life

D.dream color and the ages of the people

 

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