Question

When you get tired of homework, several minutes’ walk in a nearby green park helps you relax at once. Or you may stand facing the lake or the seas. They will calm (not to be excited or nervous) you just like the green plants.

Wonder why? Color is a key part of the answers. Since it is so, green and blue help make people feel more quiet and safe.

All colors have special power. Scientists have found that many colors have specific effects (效果) on people’s mind and feelings.

Try an easy and interesting experiment(实验) and you’ll see how color “mislead” you sometimes. Wrap (包装) two boxes of the same size with colored paper, one red and the other white. Then weigh the two boxes with your hands. Which one is heavier? Most people will think that the red box is heavier, even though they weigh the same.

Colors can affect (影响) learning. Scientists have found that students spend more time reading if they read information written in blue text. Blue helps most people calm down and think more.

Clever uses of colors in daily life are to be seen everywhere. Hospitals and libraries seldom paint their walls, tables and desks red. They use light colors, like light blue or green. Red makes people excited while light colors help them relax. Haven’t worked out how color affects your daily life? Start with your small room. Try to make some changes in it and you’ll get to know how important color is![

1.The underlined word “mislead” means          .

A. affects    B. disabled

C. causes someone to have a wrong idea    D. give wrong directions[

2.We’d better paint the walls of the hospital in           .

A. deep red or deep brown    B. light blue or light green

C. deep orange or deep red    D. light green or light yellow

3.If you want to          .you’d better sit in the room painted blue.

A. study attentively    B. weigh something with your hands

C. face the lake or the sea    D. enjoy some rock music

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. When you are going to have a rest, you’d better sit in the room painted green.

B. Scientists have known some differences among some colors

C. When you get tired of homework, you should look at the green plants far away

D. The passage has told us clearly why some colors are warm and other colors are cool.

5.The reading mainly shows us          .

A. the difference between red and blue    B. how to get on well with others

C. how to make smart uses of different colors in our daily life    D. how to paint and decorate our rooms

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.C

【解析】文章大意：文章讲述了不同的颜色对人的思想和感受有不同的影响，以及在生活中我们应该如何巧妙利用不同的颜色以取得更好的效果。

1.词义猜测题。根据下文所举的例子Then weigh the two boxes with your hands. Which one is heavier? Most people will think that the red box is heavier, even though they weigh the same. 可知不同颜色的包装，会让人对同重量的东西产生错觉，即使得某人有错误的想法，故答案选C。

2.细节理解题。结合最后一段中句子Hospitals and libraries seldom paint their walls，tables and desks red．They use light colors，like light blue or green.可知医院和图书馆很少把墙壁、桌子和写字台漆成红色，他们使用浅色，如浅蓝色或绿色，故答案选B。

3.细节理解题。结合第五段中句子Scientists have found that students spend more time reading if they read information written in blue text．Blue helps most people calm down and think more．科学家发现，如果学生们用蓝色文字阅读信息，他们会花更多的时间阅读，蓝色帮助大多数人冷静下来思考，故答案选A。

4.推理分析题。A根据第二段最后一句green and blue help make people feel more quiet and safe.绿色和蓝色能使人们感觉更安静更安全，所以绿色有助于休息，故A正确；B根据第三段最后一句Scientists have found that many colors have specific effects (效果) on people’s mind and feelings.科学家们已经发现不同的颜色有不同的影响，可知科学家们已经发现颜色之间的差别，故B正确；C根据第一段第一句When you get tired of homework, several minutes’ walk in a nearby green park helps you relax at once.可知当你厌倦了家庭作业，你应该在附近的绿色公园散步几分钟就可以让你立刻放松下来，在公园散步暗含的意思也就是看看绿色植物，故C正确；D选项意思是这篇文章清楚地告诉我们为什么有些颜色是温暖的，其它颜色是凉爽的，本文全篇在讲颜色的影响，但并没有讲有些颜色是温暖的，有些颜色是凉爽的，故D错误。本题问哪一个选项是不正确的，故答案选D。

5.主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章讲述了不同的颜色对人的思想和感受有不同的影响，从而告诉我们在日常生活中如何巧妙利用不同的颜色以取得更好的效果，故答案选C。