Question

    Yellow is usually the color of happy, joyful emotions (情感).But according to a new study, not all people associate the sunshiny shade with good feelings.

To find out what factors might play a role, researchers tested a new hypothesis (假设): What if people's physical surroundings affect their feelings about certain colors? For example, if someone lived in cold and rainy Finland, would they feel differently about the color yellow from someone who lived near the Sahara Desert?

The researchers looked at color-emotion data from an ongoing international survey (调查) of 6,625 people in 55 countries. The survey asked participants to rate 12 colors on how closely they were associated with feelings including joy, pride, fear, and shame.

The researchers paid particular attention to the data for yellow, and analyzed how different factors — including hours of sunshine, hours of daylight, and the amount of rainfall -lined up with the emotions people reported for the color. The two best predictors of how people felt about yellow were the annual amount of rainfall, and how far they lived from the equator (赤道).

Overall, people were more likely to associate yellow with joy when they lived in rainier countries that lay farther from the equator, researchers reported in the Journal of Environmental

Psychology. In Egypt, the likelihood of yellow being associated with joy was just 5.7% ,whereas in chilly Finland it was 87.7%. In the United States, with its mild climate and amber waves of grain, peopled yellow-joy association levels were between 60% and 70% .

The researchers also checked whether associations changed with the season — whether, for example, people in a certain country liked yellow more in the winter than they did in the summer. They found that opinions about color remained fairly constant year-round -even when the weather changed, the data on yellow-joy associations were as good as gold.

1.What did the researchers do before the survey?

A.They went to Finland. B.They made an assumption.

C.They studied certain colors. D.They analyzed some data.

2.Which of the following affects people's feelings about yellow?

A.The changeable seasons. B.The length of daytime.

C.The geographic position. D.The amount of snowfall.

3.How did the researchers carry out the survey?

A.By interviewing participants.

B.By studying the data collected.

C.By travelling around the world.

D.By looking at color combinations.

4.What can be the best title of the text?

A.Finland : A Country Admiring Yellow.

B.Yellow: Associated with Joy Conditionally.

C.Color: An Important Role in Good Feelings.

D.Color-emotion Data: Collected Internationally.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.B

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。通常黄色代表快乐，但是并不是所有人看到黄色都会有好的感觉，其中的影响因素是什么？对此研究者通过假设、数据分析以及相关调查得出人们看到黄色会高兴可能是因为身处多雨的国家，并且会因为季节的变化而变化。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段的To find out what factors might play a role, researchers tested a new hypothesis(为了找出是什么因素起了作用，研究者测试了一个新的假设)可知，在进行调查之前研究者先做了一个假设。B. They made an assumption.(他们做了一个假设)符合以上说法，故选B项。

2.细节理解题。根据第四段的The two best predictors of how people felt about yellow were the annual amount of rainfall, and how far they lived from the equator.(两个最好预测人们对黄色感觉的指标是每年的降雨量和他们与赤道的距离)可知，影响人们对黄色感觉的是年降雨量和地理位置。C. The geographic position.(地理位置)符合以上说法，故选C项。

3.推理判断题。根据倒数第二段的In Egypt, the likelihood of yellow being associated with joy was just 5.7% ,whereas in chilly Finland it was 87.7%. In the United States, with its mild climate and amber waves of grain, peopled yellow-joy association levels were between 60% and 70% .(在埃及，黄色与快乐联系在一起的几率只有5.7%，而在寒冷的芬兰，这一比例为87.7%。在气候温和、谷物呈琥珀色的美国，黄色的快乐指数在60%-70%之间)可知，研究者通过研究所收集的数据来进行调查。B. By studying the data collected.(通过研究收集的数据)符合以上说法，故选B项。

4.主旨大意题。根据文章的主要内容，尤其是第一段Yellow is usually the color of happy, joyful emotions. But according to a new study, not all people associate the sunshiny shade with good feelings.(黄色通常是代表幸福和快乐的颜色。但根据一项最新研究，并非所有人都把这种颜色和快乐的情绪联系在一起)可知，本文主要讲述把黄色和幸福、快乐联系在一起是有特定条件的，并非所有人都是这样。B. Yellow: Associated with Joy Conditionally.(黄色：和快乐联系在一起是有条件的)可以作为本文标题，故选B项。