There are many colors in nature. But do you know if a color has weight? I think you’ll say “no”. But I am afraid you are wrong. If you don’t believe, you may do a small experiment.
First, put two objects(物体) with the same weight into two boxes. Then cover the box. Third, wrap(裹) one box with a red piece of paper, the other with a white piece of paper. OK. Now hold the boxes with your hand one by one. It is certain that you will think the red one is a little heavier.
Why do you think so? A scientist found that different colors have different weights in a man’s mind. So he did many tests and at last he got the result. That is to say, every color has its own weight in our mind and their order is the same. The heaviest color is red, then blue, green, yellow and white.
The scientist told us that colors also have smell. Can you smell the color? Of course not. Then why did the scientist say so? That is because every color stands for (代表)a kind of light with a certain wavelength(波长). It reaches our brain through sense organs(感觉器官).
According to this discovery, scientists say that people accept the colors they like, and refuse the colors they hate. So your body and mind will be healthy by using the colors you like. Or you’ll be nervous or ill. For example, if you stay in a room with red windows, wallpapers and furniture for two hours, you’ll feel you have been there for four hours. But if the room is blue, you’ll feel you have been there for only an hour. Another example, if a person walks out of a red room and into a blue room, his temperature will fall. That means our body temperature will change with different colors.
1.The idea of the second paragraph is to tell us ________.
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A.a red box is heavier than a white one |
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B.a color has weight in one’s mind |
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C.white paper is lighter than red paper |
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D.you can know the weight of a color by holding it |
2.Why did the scientist say colors have smell?
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A.Because people can sense(感觉) the light from colors. |
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B.Because we can smell colors with our noses. |
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C.Because every color has its own sweet smell. |
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D.Because every color can give off light of the same length. |
3.If a person walks from a blue room to a red room, his body temperature will__________.
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A.rise |
B.fall |
C.stay the same |
D.change now and then |
4.It can be known from the text that________.
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A.colors have order in weight |
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B.colors can change the weight of an object |
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C.people would stay longer in a room with red windows |
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D.colors can affect (影响)our mood (情绪)and health |
5.This passage is probably a __________.
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A.book review |
B.history textbook |
C.travel magazine |
D.science report |
1. The Dream It is everyone’s dream to work at home or not work at all. You can plan your own hours and work when you want to. There is no more rush hour and no hours that people waste when they get to and from a job every day.
2. The Fact The fact is that this dream can be attained. You can stay at home, work when you want to and make money when you need to. There are plenty of chances for you to make money at home, just by using your computer and the Internet.
3. Start Today! Educate yourself, look closely into all the chances and decide on what works best for you. It will not happen during one night, but you can make the decision today and start to make it happen today.
4. How Could You Do It? Do you have a blog ( 博客) or a personal website like millions of other people? Are you using it to make money? Most of these blogs and website owners are not. But you can do that!
5. _________When you have your computer and the Internet working for you, your businesses will be working for you 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You will make money while you sleep, travel or do whatever you want to do all day long.
6. Get Going! There are many ways you can make money with your computer. And you can begin your stay-at-home businesses with just a little money. What are you waiting for?
1.In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read this passage?
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A.Sports. |
B.News. |
C.Culture. |
D.Business. |
2.What does the underlined word “attained”in Point 2 mean?
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A.Broken. |
B.Realized. |
C.Lost. |
D.Destroyed ( 毁坏 ). |
3.What’s the best title for Point 5?
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A.Sleep 24 Hours a Day. |
B.Make Money Every moment. |
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C.Play All Day Long. |
D.Travel Around the World . |
4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
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A.People need a lot of money to start a stay-at-home business. |
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B.People can even use their blogs to make money. |
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C.People can plan their own time when they work at home. |
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D.People can make the best decision and start to make it happy today. |
5.How is the passage organized(组织)?
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A.By using famous people’s words. |
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B.By giving reasons only. |
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C.By showing a topic (话题)and giving reasons for it. |
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D.By telling old stories. |
Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me, “ You should have goals(目标) like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain- climbing that we both enjoyed, we couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from the mountain-climbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience.
Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging(挑战) for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the bird’s singing. But as time passed, I got a pain (痛)in both of my legs. I wanted to give up climbing, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it before reaching the top. Only there can you see all of the nice things, which is just like your life.”
At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got to know the meaning of hope in life. I found myself standing at the top of the mountain, and the sky was as clear as crystal.
1.According to the passage, which advantage that the writer got from climbing the mountain with his father isn’t mentioned?
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A.Deep thought. |
B.Exercise. |
C.Patience. |
D.Communication. |
2.The underlined word “crystal” in the passage means _______.
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A.岩石 |
B.火焰 |
C.水晶 |
D.寒冰 |
3.Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined words in the second paragraph?
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A.You will get all you need at the top of the mountain. |
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B.The sky is always as clear as crystal. |
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C.You can find life is full of nice things. |
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D.Never give up half-way. |
4.We can infer(推断) from the last paragraph that _______.
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A.the writer was very successful in his life |
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B.the writer reached the top of the mountain |
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C.though the writer was young, he could understand his father |
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D.the writer used to stop half-way when he climbed the mountain |
5.The best title for this passage is ________.
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A.Reaching the Top of the Mountain |
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B.Standing at the Top of the Mountain |
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C.Conversations between Father and Son |
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D.How to Get to the Top of the Mountain |
---Have you ____ some new ideas?
---Yeah. I’ll tell you later.
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A.come about |
B.come up with |
C.come into |
D.come out with |
---Alice, why didn’t you come yesterday?
---I ____, but I had an unexpected visitor.
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A.was going to |
B.would |
C.had |
D.did |