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 sea. They’ll 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 minds and feelings.
Try an easy and interesting experiment and you’ll see how color “misleads” you sometimes. Wrap (包裝) 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 (影響) 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.
Smart (clever) uses of colors in daily life are to be seen everywhere. Hospital and libraries seldom (很少) 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!
小題1:The underlined word “misleads” means ______
A.a(chǎn)ffects
B.effects
C.causes someone to have a wrong idea
D.give wrong directions
小題2: We’d better paint the walls of the hospital in ______
A.light blue or light green
B.deep red or deep brown
C.deep orange or deep red
D.light green or light yellow
小題3: If you want to _______, you’d better sit in the room painted blue.
A.weigh something with your hands
B.study attentively
C.face the lake or the sea
D.enjoy some rock music
小題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 are cool
小題5:The reading mainly shows us _____
A.the difference between red and white.
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

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:C
小題5:B

小題1:詞義理解推斷題,根據(jù)文中語句“Wrap (包裝) 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.”理解可知。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)文中語句“Hospital and libraries seldom (很少) paint their walls, tables and desks red. They use light colors, like light blue or green.”理解可知。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)文中語句“Blue helps most people calm down and think more.
”理解可知。
小題4:理解歸納題,根據(jù)文中語句理解可知。
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)文中語句“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!”理解可知。
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