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【題目】The world seems gloomy (陰沉的) and gray when you’re feeling blue. In fact, being down might even affect how you perceive (感知) the colour blue. A recent study about colour was published in the journal Psychological Science. It shows a direct connection between a person’s ability to perceive colour and their emotions.

Psychologists have long known that emotions can affect the way people perceive things. That’s in part because chemicals from your brain might affect how you process what you see. “Color is such an important part of our experience,” says lead author Christopher Thorstenson, a psychologist at the university of Rochester, in New York. There’s reason, he says, that sad people commonly describe the world as “colourless” and “gray”, and happy people use words like “bright” and “colorful”.

In the experiment, the researchers randomly assigned people to one of two groups. People in the sadness group watched a sad scene from The Lion King. Those in the “amusement” group watched a comedy.

Everyone was then asked to look at red, yellow, green, and blue patches (斑點(diǎn)) that had been changed to a grayish colour. “Some of the patches are pretty difficulty to make out,” Thorstenson admits he says it takes some time to figure out their shade. People were scored on how accurate their colour perception was. Then they completed an emotional evaluation.

The result? Sad people had a hard time seeing the difference between shades along the blue-yellow colour axis (色軸). But they did not have problems seeing colours in the red-green spectrum (光譜). Thorstenson says this could be the result of an evolutionary need to see red as a response to anger.

Thorstenson says these results highlight the possible important of dopamine in sight. Dopamine is a chemical that sends signals to the brain. Researchers are hoping to focus more on dopamine in the future. “We know dopamine affects how we see colours, too,” Thorstenson says “How we feel can really influence how we see the world around us” he says.

【1】According to paragraph 2, how people describe the world reflects ________.

A. how they feel B. how they think

C. their world view D. their language skills

【2】In the experiment, the participants were asked to watch different programs so as to ________.

A. check their feelings B. influence their moods

C. develop their interests D. test their personalities

【3】Why were the patches made grayish in the experiment? ________

A. To make them look prettier

B. To make them hard to recognize

C. Because it changed the participants’ attitudes

D. Because it was good for the participants’ eyes

【4】Which colour is easier to recognize for sad people? ________

A. Blue B. Yellow

C. Red D. Gray

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】文章是關(guān)于感知顏色和情緒的能力之間的之間聯(lián)系的研究調(diào)查。

【1】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段Psychologists have long known that emotions can affect the way people perceive things心理學(xué)家早就知道情緒會(huì)影響人們感知事物的方式，可知人們對(duì)世界的描述可以反射人們的感情，故選A。

【2】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章People were scored on how accurate their color perception was. Then they completed an emotional evaluation.人們對(duì)他們的顏色感知有多精確，然后他們完成了一項(xiàng)情感評(píng)估，可知讓參與者看不同的節(jié)目就是為了觀(guān)察他們的情感變化，故選B。

【3】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章Everyone was then asked to look at red, yellow, green, and blue patches(斑點(diǎn))that had been changed to a grayish color. “Some of the patches are pretty difficulty to make out,” Thorstenson admits he says it takes some time to figure out their shade.每個(gè)人都要求看紅、黃、綠、藍(lán)補(bǔ)丁已經(jīng)變成了灰色的顏色，“很多補(bǔ)丁是很難辨認(rèn)出來(lái)的。”他說(shuō)，要花一些時(shí)間才能找到它們的陰影，可知是為了不容易被辨認(rèn)出來(lái)，故選B。

【4】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章Sad people had a hard time seeing the difference between shades along the blue-yellow color axis(色軸). But they did no have problems seeing colors in the red-green spectrum(光譜). Thorstenson says this could be the result of an evolutionary need to see red as a response to anger.悲傷的人很難看到黃藍(lán)色軸，但是看紅綠色譜沒(méi)有問(wèn)題。故選C。