Question

What is your favourite colour? Do you like yellow, orange or red? If you do, you must be an active person who enjoys life. Do you like blue? Then you may be quiet, shy and prefer following to leading.

Colours influence our moods. There is a relationship between colours and moods. A yellow room makes people feel cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one; and a red dress brings us warmth and joy on the saddest winter day. Black is depressing (令人压抑的). There was a black bridge over River Thames. The number of people who killed themselves on that bridge used to be larger than that on any other bridge in the area---until it was repainted green.

Light and bright colours make people not only happier but also more active. In the factory, the workers will work better, harder, and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black.

1.An active person may like ________.

A. yellow, orange or red              B. yellow, black or red

C. orange, blue or black              D. green, blue or brown

2.Most people feel more _______ in a yellow room than in a dark green one.

A. tired         B. bored          C. relaxed           D. worried

3.Why did more people kill themselves on the black bridge than on any other bridge?

A. Because the bridge was too crowded.

B. Because people didn’t like the bridge.

C. Because the colour of the bridge was depressing.

D. Because no one saved them.

4.In the factory, when the machines are painted orange, the workers will work ______.

A. worse            B. harder

C. more slowly      D. more carelessly

5.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Your Favourite Colour

B. The Secret of Colour

C. The Colour of A Bridge

D. Stop People from Killing Themselves

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中作者告诉了我们一些关于颜色我们可能不知道的事情。颜色可以影响我们的心情，在文章中，作者给出了很多例子来说明，各种颜色是怎样影响我们的心情的。

1.A细节理解题。根据短文第一段中Do you like yellow orange, or red? If you do, you must be an active person who enjoys life可知，如果你喜欢黄色、橙色或红色，那么你一定是一个积极的人。由此可知选A。

2.C细节理解题。根据短文第二段的开头Colors do influence our moods(情绪) yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one可知，颜色能影响人的情绪。黄色的房间比深绿色的房间更能使人愉快。故选C。

3.C细节理解题。根据短文第二段中On the other hand ,black is depressing(使人压抑的). There was a black bridge over the Thames River, near London .The number of people who killed themselves on that bridge used to be larger than on any other bridge可知，黑色使人压抑，在泰晤士河畔有一座黑色的桥，在这座桥上自杀的人要比在其他桥上的更多。由此可知选C。

4.B细节理解题。根据短文最后一段中In the factory the workers will better, harder and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black.可知，如果工厂里的机器是橘色，那么工人们会工作得更好、更卖力，出现的事故也更少。由此可知选B。

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考点：日常生活类短文阅读。