Scientists are making new studies of color and its effects on our health. They have known for a long time that the color of a room or the color of the light in it can affect our feelings and emotions. Many prisons and hospitals have at least one room that is painted pink. Officials have found that light and color can produce physical changes in our bodies.
Professor Falfan worked with a group of 9 disabled children at school in Albert. Two of the children were blind. The other seven had normal sight. The scientists changed the color of the school room, then looked for changes in blood pressure, heart beat and breathing rate. The effects of color changes were the same for the blind children as for those with normal sight. Their blood pressure dropped from about 120 to 100. Similar changes were reported in heart-beat and the breathing. The children also were calmer and less excited. Then the colors of the room were returned to orange and white. Blood pressure, heart-beat and breathing rate went up and the children became excited again.
Professor Falfan said different colors produce different levels of light energy. He said the differences seem to affect chemicals in the brain that carry messages from nerve to nerve and from nerve to muscle.
小題1:Light and color can affect________.
A．only one’s feelings and emotions
B．one’s energy
C．one’s mental changes
D．one’s heart-beat, brain activities, blood pressure, feelings and emotions
小題2:The color of pink had a calming effect, that is to say, the color affects __________.
A．the chemicals in the brainB．the eyes
C．the skinD．the muscle
小題3:According to the text, orange and white are colors which can make people ________.
A．calm B．a(chǎn)ctiveC．sickD．blind
小題4:The colors in the school room mentioned in the passage were changed from _________.
A．orange to whiteB．orange and white to dark blue
C．orange and white to pink or some other colorsD．gray to more colors
小題5:After reading the passage we can conclude that ________.
A．blind people can be affected by colors, too
B．one’s heart will beat fast in a colorful room than in a white room
C．the chemicals in the brain change with feelings and emotions
D．if one’s blood pressure drops, his breathing will get slower and slower

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:A

試題分析：本文主要講述的是顏色對人們的情緒，血壓，心跳的影響。
小題1:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段Then the colors of the room were returned to orange and white. Blood pressure, heart-beat and breathing rate went up and the children became excited again.和The scientists changed the color of the school room, then looked for changes in blood pressure, heart beat and breathing rate. 說明顏色對D項(xiàng)中的幾個項(xiàng)目都有影響，故D正確。
小題2:A 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后兩行He said the differences seem to affect chemicals in the brain that carry messages from nerve to nerve and from nerve to muscle.說明顏色的變化會影響人體的化學(xué)物質(zhì)的分泌，故A正確。
小題3:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段最后3行Then the colors of the room were returned to orange and white. Blood pressure, heart-beat and breathing rate went up and the children became excited again.說明橙色和白色會讓人變得興奮和積極。故B正確。
小題4:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段The children also were calmer and less excited. Then the colors of the room were returned to orange and white.說明C項(xiàng)的順序是正確的。故C正確。
小題5:A 推理題。根據(jù)文章第二段中最后一句Blood pressure, heart-beat and breathing rate went up and the children became excited again.說明看不見的盲人的血壓心跳等都發(fā)生了變化，說明他們也受到影響。故A正確。
點(diǎn)評：本文主要講述的是顏色對人們的情緒，血壓，心跳的影響。本文主旨鮮明,很容易在文中找到答案。做題時要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句，因?yàn)樗鼈兺褪俏恼碌闹黝}句。閱讀中要注意要點(diǎn)之間的關(guān)系。然后帶著問題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀任務(wù)。
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