About ten men in every hundred suffer from color blindness in some way. Women are luckier, only about one in two hundred is affected in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman!
There are different forms of color blindness. In some cases a man can not see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shades of green. Sometimes a person cannot tell the difference between blue and green. In rare cases an unlucky man may see everything in shades of green - a strange world indeed.
Color blindness in human beings is a strange thing to explain. In a single eye there are millions of very small things called “cones”. These help us to see in a bright light and to tell difference between colors. There are also millions of “rods” but these are used for seeing when it is nearly dark. They show us shape but no color.
Some insects have favorite colors. Mosquitoes (蚊子) like blue but do not like yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue lamp will. In a similar way human beings also have favorite colors. Yet we are lucky. With the aid of the cones in our eyes we can see many beautiful colors by day, and with the aid of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible (看不見的) colors around.
小題1:Why do some people say it is safer to be driven by women?
A．Women are more careful.
B．There are few color-blind women.
C．Women are fonder of driving than men.
D．Women are weaker but quicker in thinking
小題2:This passage is mainly about ________.
A．color and its surprising effects
B．women being luckier than men
C．danger caused by color blindness
D．color blindness
小題3:According to the passage, with the help of the “cones”， we can ________.
A．tell orange from yellow
B．see in weak light
C．kill mosquitoes
D．tell different shapes
小題4:We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a ________.
A．red lightB．yellow lightC．blue lightD．green light

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:C

試題分析：本文主要講述的是色盲的話題，在文章中介紹了色盲形成的原因，并說明了昆蟲對(duì)顏色的偏好。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段About ten men in every hundred suffer from color blindness in some way. Women are luckier; only about one in two hundred is affected in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman!說明女性色盲的比男性少，故B正確。
小題2:主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第二段第一行There are different forms of color blindness.本文主要講述的就是色盲的話題，故D正確。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段的句子：. In a single eye there are millions of very small things called “cones”. These help us to see in a bright light and to tell difference between colors..可知cones幫助我們辨別顏色，說明A 項(xiàng)正確。
小題4:推理題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第五行Mosquitoes prefer blue to yellow.說明蚊子喜歡藍(lán)色的光線，故我們可以利用藍(lán)色的光線來吸引蚊子進(jìn)行捕殺。故C正確。
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