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【題目】New research has shown that you might not just be feeling blue; you may also be seeing it differently. Your mood may affect how you see the world around you, according to a new study. A team of researchers has proved that sadness could have an effect on the way we see colors.

The team, led by psychology researcher Christopher Thorstenson of the University of Rochester, found that people who had a sad mood were less accurate in identifying colors on the blue-yellow axis (軸), compared to people who weren’t feeling sad.

“We were already deeply familiar with how often people use color terms to describe common phenomena, like mood, even when these concepts seem unrelated,” Thorstenson said in a statement. “We thought maybe a reason why these metaphors (比喻) appear was that there really was a connection between mood and identifying colors in a different way.”

Thorstenson and his team are not the first to identify a link between a depressed mood and a difference in recognition. In 2010, Emanuel Bubl and his team at Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg in Germany first proved a link between mood and identifying colors. This was supported by a 2013 paper by Johnson Fam of the University of Singapore.

The team conducted two studies. In the first, 127 participants were chosen randomly to watch one of two video clips, which had been proved in previous studies to feel either sadness or amusement. They didn’t do that in a specific order. The entire group was then tasked with identifying the colors in 48 continued color changes. The group that had been shown the sad clip was measurably worse at identifying colors along the blue-yellow axis.

For the second study, 130 participants were randomly assigned to watch either a sad clip or a neutral (中性的) one. The sadness group showed reduced ability to identify colors along the blue-yellow axis than the neutral group.

【1】If one ________, the colors he sees might be different from those in others’ eyes.

A. is in a good moodB. has an eye illness

C. attends a speechD. doesn’t feel happy

【2】Who were the first to find out the link between mood and identifying colours?

A. Thorstenson and Johnson.B. Thorstenson and his team.

C. Johnson and his team.D. Emaneuel and his team.

【3】The sadness group in the second study ________.

A. felt happy when watching the video

B. performed better than the other

C. were less able to identify some colours

D. could only identify blue and yellow

【4】What does the underlined word in the fifth paragraph most probably mean?

A. In no specific place.

B. With no specific rule.

C. With no specific confidence.

D. At no specific time.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

試題分析: 本文是科普類閱讀，研究表明情緒可能影響你如何看待周圍的世界，悲傷可能會降低我們識別顏色的能力。

【1】D 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段提到A team of researchers has proved that sadness could have an effect on the way we see colors可知，悲傷會影響我們看待顏色的方式，故選D項。

【2】D 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段中提到Thorstenson and his team are not the first to identify a link between a depressed mood and a difference in recognition. In 2010, Emanuel Bubl and his team at Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg in Germany first proved a link between mood and identifying colors.可知，Emanuel Bubl和他的團隊是首先發(fā)現(xiàn)情緒和識別顏色的關(guān)聯(lián)的第一人，故選D項。

【3】C 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段提到The sadness group showed reduced ability to identify colors along the blue-yellow axis than the neutral group可知，心情不好的一組識別藍黃色系的能力比另一組低，故選C項。

【4】B 詞義猜測題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中這句話的下一句提到They didn’t do that in a specific order.（他們沒有按照特定的順序來做）推知，這種測試沒有特定的規(guī)則，是任意的，隨便的，故選B項。