Question

【题目】阅读短文，从各题所给的选项中，选择最佳选项。

Are you nervous? Maybe you should sit in a blue room. Are you always cold? Maybe you should sit in a room painted in a “warm colour” such as soft orange. Are you often sad? Maybe you should sit in a yellow room. Some researchers believe that colour has the power to influence our feelings. They believe that colours affect (影响) everyone in the same way.

One study was in a workplace. The researchers painted heavy boxes white and light boxes black. They wanted to see how colour affected the workers’ feelings. Which boxes do you think were more difficult to lift? The heavy white ones? No. The white boxes were heavier but they looked light. The researchers think that this is because light colours seem light.

Another study was at school. Researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, studied children with behaviour problems in their classroom. When the walls were brown and yellow, the children’s heart rate went up and they were over active. However, when the walls were dark blue, the children’s heart rate was slower and the children were much calmer. If this is true, we can think carefully about the colors around them-- not just in our homes, but also in offices, in schools, in hospitals, in gyms, in museums, in restaurants and even in prisons.

【1】According to Paragraph 1, it’s better for a person who fails in the exam to sit in a room.

A.yellowB.whiteC.blackD.blue

【2】The boxes painted white look .

A.heavyB.thin.C.lightD.cold

【3】Which of the following is TRUE?

A.It’s believed that colours affect everyone in the same way.

B.The result of the second study can be widely used.

C.Colours can change the weight of a box.

D.When you feel cold, you should sit in a room painted in a “cold colour”.

【4】What’s the main idea of this article?

A.How Colours Affect School.B.How Colours Affect Children with Behaviour Problems.

C.How colours Are Used in Science Research.D.How colours Affect our Feelings.

【5】Colors such as red, yellow and soft orange make people feel .

A.coldB.warmC.sadD.tired

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】B

【解析】

本文介绍了不同颜色对人的情绪会产生不同的影响。并通过两个调查研究加以说明，并建议可以根据颜色对人的情绪的影响我们可以把我们的家，办公室，学校，医院，体育场，博物馆，客厅甚至是监狱根据需要变换成不同的颜色。

【1】细节理解题，根据文中“Are you often sad? Maybe you should sit in a yellow room.”可知当你情绪低落时候应该坐在黄色的房间里，故选A。

【2】细节理解题，根据文中“The heavy white ones? No. The white boxes were heavier but they looked light. The researchers think that this is because light colours seem light.”可知白色的重箱子却看起来轻，故选C。

【3】细节理解题，根据文中“They believe that colours affect everyone in the same way. 他们认为颜色对每个人的影响都是一样的。”，可知选项A.正确；根据“If this is true, we can think carefully about the colors around…….even in prisons.”可知还没有确实研究结果，选项B.错误；根据第二段的叙述我们可以知道颜色只是改变人的感觉而不能改变重量，选项C错误；根据“Are you always cold? Maybe you should sit in a room painted in a “warm colour” such as soft orange. 你总是冷吗？也许你应该坐在粉刷成“暖色”的房间里，比如柔和的橙色。”，可知选项D错误。故选A.

【4】主旨大意题，根据整篇短文的内容我们可以知道这篇短文是叙述颜色是如何影响人的情绪的。A. How Colours Affect School. 颜色如何影响学校；B. How Colours Affect Children with Behaviour Problems. 颜色如何影响有行为问题的儿童；C. How colours Are Used in Science Research. 颜色在科学研究中是如何使用的；D. How colours Affect our Feelings. 颜色如何影响我们的感觉。故选D。

【5】细节理解题，根据“Are you always cold? Maybe you should sit in a room painted in a “warm colour” such as soft orange. Are you often sad? Maybe you should sit in a yellow room. 你总是冷吗？也许你应该坐在粉刷成“暖色”的房间里，比如柔和的橙色。你经常伤心吗？也许你应该坐在黄色的房间里。”，可知红色、黄色和柔和的橙色给人以温暖的感觉。故选B。