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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 and you’ll see how color “mislead” 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.
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!
小題1:The underlined word “mislead” means _____.
A．affectsB．effects
C．causes someone to have a wrong ideaD．give wrong directions
小題2:We’d better paint the walls of the hospital in _____.
A．light blue or light greenB．deep red or deep brown
C．deep orange or deep redD．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 handsB．study attentively
C．face the lake or the seaD．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 colors are cool.
小題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

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:C

小題1:推斷詞義題。結合所舉的例子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可知不同顏色的包裝，會讓人對同重量的東西產生錯覺，所以此次的意義應與此有關，故選C。
小題2:細節(jié)題。結合Hospitals and libraries seldom paint their walls, tables and desks red. They use light colors, like light blue or green.可選出答案。
小題3:細節(jié)題。結合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. 可選出答案。
小題4:細節(jié)題。文章講述了顏色對人思想和感受的影響，但沒有提及為什么會有這樣的影響。
小題5:主旨大意題。文章講述了不同的顏色對人思想和感受有不同的影響，以及在生活中我們如何利用以取得更好的效果。
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