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What is your favourite colour? Do you like yellow, orange, and red? If you do, you must be an optimist,
a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement. Do you prefer grey and blues? Then you
are probably quiet, shy and you would rather follow than lead. If you love green, you are strong-minded and
determined. You wish to succeed and want other people to see you are successful. At least this is what
psychologists tell us, and they should know, because they have been seriously studying the meaning of
colour preference, and the influence that colours have on human beings. They tell us that we don't choose
our favourite colours as we grow up. If you happen to love brown, you did so as soon as you opened your
eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly.
A yellow room makes us feel more cheerful and more comfortable than a dark green one, and a red dress
brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day. On the other hand, black is depressing. Light and bright
colours make people not only happier but more active. It is a fact that factory workers work better, harder,
and have fewer accidents when their machines and painted orange rather than black or dark grey.
Remember, then, that if you feel low, you can always brighten your day or your life with a new shirt or
a few colourful things. Remember also that you will know your friends and your enemies better when you
find out what colours they like and dislike. And don't forget that anyone can guess a lot about your character
when you choose a piece of handkerchief.
1. 1. According to this passage, ______.[ ]
A. One is born with his colour preference
B. One can choose his colour preference
C. One's colour preference is changeable
D. One has to choose his favorite colour as soon as he can see clearly
2. We would pay attention to colours because ______. [ ]
A. Colours do have influence on our state of mind
B. Colours may have influence on factories
C. Light and bright colours make people happy
D. You can know your friends better by the colours they like or dislike
3. The main idea of this passage is ______. [ ]
A. one's colour preference shows one's character
B. you can brighten your life with wonderful colours
C. psychologists have been studying the meaning of colour preference
D. one's colour preference has something to do with his character and colours have influence on
human beings
4. Psychologists believe that ______. [ ]
A. people's favourite colours change as they grow up
B. people are nearly born to love some colours
C. people choose their favourite colours when they grow up
D. people can easily get what the others think of
5. "I am feeling black" means ______. [ ]
A. I am depressed
B. I am very happy
C. I am excited
D. I am feeling well
