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：文章主要讲述颜色对人的心情的影响，颜色与情绪的关系。情绪与工作效率的关系。

1.A细节理解题。第一段第二三句Do you like yellow, orange or red? If you do, you must be an active person who enjoys life.可知，故选A。

2.C细节理解题。由第二段第三句A yellow room makes people feel cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one;可知。故选C。

3.C细节理解题。第二段谈到颜色与情绪的关系，第四句Black is depressing可知，故选C。

4.B细节理解题。第三段谈到浅和亮颜色不仅使人们愉悦而且使人们更活跃。第二句In the factory, the workers will work better, harder, and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black.可知，选B。

5.B推理判断题题。由文章主要讲述颜色对人的心情的影响，颜色与情绪的关系。情绪与工作效率的关系。故选B。

考点：科普类短文阅读。