Question

We live in the world full of colours. Does a colour have weight? If you say “no”, you are wrong. If you don’t believe, you may do an experiment.

First, put two objects with the same weight into two boxes. Then cover the boxes. Third, wrap one box with a red piece of paper, the other woth a white piece of paper. Now hold the boxes with your hand one by one. It is certain that you think the red one is a little heavier.

Why? A scientist found that different colours have different weight in a man’s mind. So he did many tests and at last he found that every colour has its own weight in our mind and their order is the same. The heaviest colour is red, then blue, green, orange, yellow and white.

The scientist told us that colours also have smell. Can you smell the colour? Of course not. Then why did the scientist say so? That is because every colour stands for a kind of light with a certain wavelength, and it reaches our brain through sense organs.

According to this discovery, scientists say that people accept the colours they like, and refuse the colours they hate. So your body and mind will be healthy by using the colours you like. Or you’ll be nervous or even get 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 tempertature will fall. That means our body temperature will change with different colours.

1.Paragraph 1-3 tell us that ___________.

A. the two boxes have the same weight

B. colours can change the weight of an object

C. the red paper is heavier than the white paper

D. colours have different weight in people’s mind

2.Why did the scientist think that colours have smell?

A. Because we can smell colours with our nose.

B. Because every colour has its own sweet smell.

C. Because people can sense the light from colours

D. Because every colour can give off light of the same length.

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. People may get ill if they refuse the colours they don’t like.

B. People can stay longer in blue rooms than in red rooms.

C. In people’s mind, red colour is heavier than white colour.

D. People’s body temperature will change with different colours.

4.What is the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “wavelength”?

A. 波浪    B. 色彩    C. 频率    D. 波长

5.The passage is probably _________.

A. a short novel    B. a news report    C. a science report    D. an advertisement

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.C

【解析】这篇短文主要讲述了科学家已经表明了在人们的心里颜色也有重量和味道，这是因为人们接收了他们喜欢的颜色，拒绝了他们不喜欢的颜色。

1.Ｄ细节理解 通读一到第三段可知，主要讲述了在人们的心里颜色是有重量的。故选Ｄ。

2.Ｃ细节理解 根据文中That is because every colour stands for a kind of light with a certain wavelength, and it reaches our brain through sense organs.可知答案，因为人们能感觉到来自颜色的光。故选Ｃ。

3.Ａ推理判断 根据文中So your body and mind will be healthy by using the colours you like. Or you’ll be nervous or even get ill.可知，选项Ａ是错误的，故选Ａ。

4.Ｄ猜测词义 根据下文and it reaches our brain through sense organs.可知上文wavelength的意思是“波长”。故选Ｄ。

5.Ｃ细节理解 通读整篇短文可知，这篇短文主要是一个科技报告。故选Ｃ。

阅读理解

点睛：(一)先读问题，弄清考查要点，以便能带着问题看文章，这样会心中有数，有的放矢。

(二)快速浏览全文，掌握全貌，注意发现与问题有关的信息，如果时间紧，至少要扫视一下起首段和尾段。再把标题和文章内容结合起来想一想，这样全文大意便清楚了。此时，不要忙于答题。

(三)细读原文，捕捉相关信息词，掌握短文细节内容。这是解题的关键，应特别注意以下几点：

1. 抓住四个"W"和一个"H"，就是边读边用铅笔做些标记，把What (事件)，When(时间)，Where(地点)，Why(原因)，How(经过)划出来。抓住了四个“W”和一个“H”，就抓住了文章的全貌，一些直接性的问题便可解决。

2.抓住连接词及起关键作用的副词、代词、介词、插入语等。因为这些词具有因果，让步，递进，转折，指代，列举及承上启下等各种连接上下文的特殊功能。这对考生分清文章层次，辨明各种关系，了解人物心理，推断作者意图，进行逻辑推理等手段来分析难点，都具有举足轻重的作用。14年中考英语阅读理解解题技巧

3. 注意领会文章的寓意。

4.根据题意，初选答案。这一步须仔细审题，领会测试要求，确定解题方法。对那些明显的，有把握的题可以断然确定，不必把其余三个答案再作推敲而浪费时间：有些略难的题，应再查阅短文(不是重读一遍)，迅速找出依据，予以排除。常用的解题方法有如下几种：

① 直接解题法。即从原文中直接找出答案。

② 归纳解题法。对于不能从原文中直接找出答案的可在把握全文中心和线索的前题下进行概括、归纳得出正确答案。

③ 综合推理法。读者需统观全文，认真分析，综合推理及至计算，最后归纳出正确答案。

题干中有"suggest, conclude, conclusion, probably, reason, because, according to“等字眼时，属于推断概括型，考查内容着眼于全篇，考生应具备一定的分析归纳，推理等逻辑思维能力。

④ 捕捉关键词。在阅读时应该注意与问题相关的同义词，近义词，反义词或同位词等信息词来得出正确答案。

⑤ 转换解题法。即原文这么说，而在问题和所给选项中则用另外的词去转换一种说法，但仍表示同一含义。

⑥ 排除法。根据语言，句法结构，信息词和常识，在没有把握的选项中用排除法得出正确答案。