18.New research has shown that you might not just be feeling blue; you may also be seeing it differently.Your mood may affect how you see the world around you,according to a new study.A team of researchers has proved that sadness could have an effect on the way we see colors.
The team,led by psychology researcher Christopher Thorstenson of the University of Rochester,found that people who had a sad mood were less accurate in identifying colors on the blue-yellow axis (軸),compared to people who weren't feeling sad.
"We were already deeply familiar with how often people use color terms to describe common phenomena,like mood,even when these concepts seem unrelated,"Thorstenson said in a statement."We thought maybe a reason why these metaphors (比喻) appear was that there really was a connection between mood and identifying colors in a different way."
Thorstenson and his team are not the first to identify a link between a depressed mood and a difference in recognition.In 2010,Emanuel Bubl and his team at Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg in Germany first proved a link between mood and identifying colors.This was supported by a 2013paper by Johnson Fam of the University of Singapore.
The team conducted two studies.In the first,127participants were chosen randomly to watch one of two video clips,which had been proved in previous studies to feel either sadness or amusement.They didn't do that in a specific order.The entire group was then tasked with identifying the colors in 48continued color changes.The group that had been shown the sad clip was measurably worse at identifying colors along the blue-yellow axis.
For the second study,130participants were randomly assigned to watch either a sad clip or a neutral (中性的) one.The sadness group showed reduced ability to identify colors along the blue-yellow axis than the neutral group.
32.If oneD,the colors he sees might be different from those in others'eyes.
A.is in a good mood B.has an eye illness
C.a(chǎn)ttends a speech D.doesn't feel happy
33.Who were the first to find out the link between mood and identifying colours?D
A.Thorstenson and Johnson.
B.Thorstenson and his team.
C.Johnson and his team.
D.Emaneuel and his team.
34.The sadness group in the second studyC.
A.felt happy when watching the video
B.performed better than the other
C.were less able to identify some colours
D.could only identify blue and yellow
35.What does the underlined word in the fifth paragraph most probably mean?B
A.In no specific place.
B.With no specific rule.
C.With no specific confidence.
D.At no specific time.
分析 本文是一篇科教類閱讀,英語中用藍(lán)色來形容心情低落,"藍(lán)色"的心情可不只是一種比喻.一項(xiàng)新研究表明,你的情緒也可能影響你如何看待周圍的世界.一個研究小組已經(jīng)證明悲傷可能對我們所看到的顏色的方式產(chǎn)生影響.
解答 32.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù) people who had a sad mood were less accurate in identifying colors on the blue-yellow axis (軸),compared to people who weren't feeling sad.可知,如果一個人不感到快樂,他看到的顏色可能不同于其他人眼里的.故選D.
33.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)In 2010,Emanuel Bubl and his team at Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg in Germany first proved a link between mood and identifying colors.可知,Emaneuel和他的團(tuán)隊(duì)是第一個發(fā)現(xiàn)情緒和識別顏色之間的關(guān)系的.故選D.
34.C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)The sadness group showed reduced ability to identify colors along the blue-yellow axis than the neutral group.可知,悲傷的團(tuán)隊(duì)在第二項(xiàng)研究中不能夠識別一些顏色.
35.B.詞義猜測題.根據(jù)上下文可知,127 participants were chosen randomly to watch one of two video clips句意為127名參與者中隨機(jī)挑選看兩個視頻之一.故randomly意為隨機(jī)地.故選B.
點(diǎn)評 本文是一篇科教類閱讀,題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題,詞義猜測題.做題時學(xué)生應(yīng)仔細(xì)閱讀原文,把握文章主要內(nèi)容,聯(lián)系文章上下文內(nèi)容并結(jié)合所給選項(xiàng)含義,從中選出正確答案,一定要做到有理有據(jù),切忌胡亂猜測