When someone walks into a room wearing bright colours, everyone seems to take notice. Beautiful bright colours can easily draw our attention. Fresh roses can cheer us up when we’re feeling blue. Dressing up in colourful clothing can bring us into a more positive mood.

What shall I wear today? What colour should I choose?

Dressing yourself for the day is quite important whether you know it or not. Our moods often show what our bodies end up wearing. When you look in the mirror after you dress, train yourself to notice how you feel when you see yourself. Notice your mood. If you are not feeling yourself, could the colour of what you are wearing irritate (使不适) your nervous system? Did you never notice that before? We all know that dark colours can tell lies. They can make you look and feel older than you really are. That is why baby clothes never come in dark colours. To the mind, dark colours seem easier to hold power, but to the heart and feeling level, they don’t help your heart to open. Bring happy colours and happiness to go hand in hand. Bright happy colours open your heart, calming your nervous system.

Some advice:

If you work around people who wear black, try to find a happy colour to look at to replace (取代) the picture of dark colours in your mind.

At night, wear soft clothes in light colours to help your nervous system calm down and smooth it out, preparing yourself for sleep.

Don’t dress children in dark colours because their nervous systems are just beginning to feel.

1.What kind of colours can easily draw our attention?

A. All of the colours. B. Dark colours.

C. Dark red. D. Bright colours.

2.Which of the following colours shouldn’t we choose to look at if a lot of people in your office wear dark clothes?

A. Black. B. Green. C. Yellow. D. Red.

3.What does the underlined word “They” refer to?

A. Some lies. B. Baby clothes.

C. Dark colours. D. Different moods

4.We should wear ________ to help our nervous system calm down and smooth it out to prepare for sleep.

A. leather clothes in light colours

B. soft clothes in dark colours

C. soft clothes in light colours

D. leather clothes in dark colours

5.Which of the following sentences is NOT right?

A. We should dress children in dark colours.

B. Fresh roses can cheer us up when we’re feeling blue.

C. Dark colours can tell lies.

D. Dressing yourself for the day is quite important.

More than 50 music students of New Milford High School in New Jersey, US, got a letter from their headmaster. The letter said that the music department (系) of the school was in big trouble. The students had to pass a test, or the department would be closed.

The test came on Saturday. The nervous students were required t, o play a piece of music created by Richard Strauss. And they had to sing the words to the music - German words! There were also other difficult tasks. One student had to sing Mary Had A little Lamb, a children's song, in an operatic (歌剧的) voice.

After three hours of testing, the students all waited for the results. They met some students from the New Jersey Youth Orchestra (管弦乐团) while waiting. They had the same test and only got a passing grade.

The worried New Milford High School students started to realize they had no chance. But then the headmaster came and told them something very dramatic (戏剧性的), "Someone has played a joke on you TV "

What was going on?

The test was part of a new reality TV show called "Schooled". The students' parents, the school and a TV network had made it together. Everything was faked. The "students from New Jersey Youth Orchestra" were students from another school. There were hidden cameras. The students' parents were hiding as they watched.

As a reward for putting up with the joke, the students got gifts: MP3 players, digital cameras and school supplies (文具). They were all from the show's sponsor (赞助商).

1.At the beginning of the story, the music students got a letter which said_______.

A. the headmaster would be in big trouble

B. the school had a problem with money

C. the students had to pass a test to save the music department

D. the students had to give up music

2.The students were nervous before the test, because_______.

A. they were not good at music

B. the test was very simple

C. they thought they couldn't pass

D. the test meant so much

3.The underlined word "faked" in the passage means_______.

A. not real B. not serious

C. popular D. stupid

4.The test was indeed part of a_______.

A. music course B. TV show

C. documentary D. comedy film

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