Look at the center circles of Diagram (圖) A and Diagram B.  Which of the centre circles looks larger? 
Take a first look and you probably think that the centre circle in Diagram A is smaller than that in Diagram B. In fact , they are exactly the same size.
Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase ? Or two faces? Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time. 
"What's happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?" You may wonder at what you see. Don't worry. Here is how it goes:
When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret (解讀) the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it "Visual illusion" (視覺錯誤). 
Movie makers often make use of illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of illusions.
【小題1】The centre circle in Diagram A looks smaller than that in Diagram B. That's because           .
A. something is wrong with our eyes
B. the two circles are not the same size
C. our brains interpret the information in a wrong way
D. the two pictures change quickly from one to the other
【小題2】What's the right order according to the passage?
a. We look at things with our eyes.              b. Our brains interpret the messages.
c. Our brains tell us what we have seen.      d. Our eyes send messages to our brains.

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Newspapers and televisions often present the bad side of life to us. Life is, however, not so bad. The world is, on the whole, full of kind people and friendly strangers. Recently, a tourist in France was given a bunch of roses by a gardener as a token（標記）of friendship. In California, when a tourist’s car was badly damaged, a man who came by offered to tow（拖）the car to a repair shop. The repairman was so nice that he not only charged（收費）the tourist very little, but lent him a car to drive while he was repairing the tourist’s car. We can say that if you are friendly and expect to meet friendly people, you will most certainly meet them.
【小題1】In California,          let the         use his own car when his car was damaged.
【小題2】We get a wrong impression and the bad side of life from          .
【小題3】         is taken from the garden as a token of          .
【小題4】We can be sure that being          brings you friendship.
【小題5】This passage mainly tells us that the world          .

As a child, I was really afraid of the dark and of getting lost. These fears were very real and caused me some uncomfortable moments.

Maybe it was the strange way things looked and sounded in my own room at night that scared me so much. There was never complete darkness, but always a streetlight or passing car lights, which made clothes on the back of a chair take on the shape of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the curtains seem to move when there was no wind. A very low sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the day. My imagination (想象) would run wild, and my heart would beat fast. I would lie very still so that the “enemy” would not discover me.

Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, especially on the way home from school. Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home. That was no problem. After school, though, when all the buses were lined up along the street, I was afraid that I would get in the wrong one and be taken to some other strange places. On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn’t let the leaders out of my sight.

Perhaps one of the worst fears of all I had as a child was that of not being liked or accepted by others. Being popular was so important to me then, and the fear of not being liked was a serious one.

One of the processes growing up is being able to realize and overcome our fears. Understanding the things that scared us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life.

1.The author had _______ kind(s) of fears when she was a child.

A. one?? ?? ????????????? B. two????? ????????????? C. three?????? ????????????? D. none

2._______ would scare the author at night.

A. Streetlight and car lights???? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. Wild animals and enemies

C. Moving curtains and wind?? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. Clothes and walls

3.When she went to some other places, she would _______.

A. walk away without others

B. take a bus by herself

C. follow others closely

D. make sure not to take a wrong bus

4.Which of the following would be possibly true when she was a child?

A. She thought being popular among people was important.?????????????

B. She was always the leader of the others.

C. She always got poor grades.

D. She was not liked by others at all.

Look at the centre circles of Diagram (圖)A and Diagram B. Which of the centre circles looks larger? In fact, they are exactly the same size.
Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase? Or two faces？Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time.
“What’s happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?” You may wonder at what you see. Don’t worry. Here is how it goes:
When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret（解讀）the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it “visual illusion(視覺錯誤)”.
Movie makers often make use of visual illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of visual illusions.
【小題1】Why does the centre circle in Diagram A look smaller than that in Diagram B?

Passage 2
When you get tired of homework, several minutes’ walk in a nearby green park helps you relax at once. Or you may stand facing the lake or the seas. They will calm (not to be excited or nervous) you just like the green plants.
Wonder why? Color is a key part of the answers. Since it is so, green and blue help make people feel more quiet and safe.
All colors have special power. Scientists have found that many colors have specific effects (效果) on people’s mind and feelings.
Try an easy and interesting experiment and you’ll see how color “mislead” you sometimes. Wrap (包裝) two boxes of the same size with colored paper, one red and the other white. Then weigh the two boxes with your hands. Which one is heavier? Most people will think that the red box is heavier, even though they weigh the same.
Colors can affect (影響) learning. Scientists have found that students spend more time reading if they read information written in blue text. Blue helps most people calm down and think more.
Clever uses of colors in daily life are to be seen everywhere. Hospitals and libraries seldom paint their walls, tables and desks red. They use light colors, like light blue or green. Red makes people excited while light colors help them relax. Haven’t worked out how color affects your daily life? Start with your small room. Try to make some changes in it and you’ll get to know how important color is!
【小題1】The underlined word “mislead” means _____.