Why is pink or purple a color for girls and blue or brown for boys?
The answer depends largely on cultural values as well as personal experiences. To the Egyptians, green is a color that represents the hope and joy of spring, while for Muslims, it means heaven. Red is a symbol of good luck in many cultures. In China, children are given money in a red envelope to bring good fortune in the New Year. For many nations, blue is a symbol of protection and religious beliefs. Greek people often wear a blue necklace hoping to protect themselves against evils.
People's choice of colors is also influenced by their bodies' reactions(反应)toward them. Green is said to be the most restful color. It has the ability to reduce pain and relax people both mentally and physically. People who work in green environment have been found to have fewer stomachaches.
Red can cause a person's blood pressure to rise and increase people’s appetites(食欲). Many decorators will include different shades of red in the restaurant. Similarly, many commercial websites will have a red“Buy Now” button because red is a color that easily catches a person's eye.
Blue is another calming color. Unlike red, blue can cause people to lose appetite. So if you want to eat less, some people suggest that eating from blue plates can help.
The next time you are deciding on what to wear or what color to decorate your room, think about the color carefully.
1. Why do the Chinese give children the red envelope with money in the New Year?A.It is a symbol of good luck. | B.It looks good. |
C.People have much money. | D.People like giving money. |
A.To relax people physically. |
B.To increase people's appetites. |
C.To encourage people to make a purchase. |
D.To cause a person's blood pressure to rise. |
A.Red. | B.Green. |
C.Blue. | D.Purple. |
A.Colors and Human Beings | B.The Cultural Meaning of Color |
C.Colors and Personal Experiences | D.The Meaning and Function of Color |
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【推荐1】If you ask most people what water tastes like, they’ll probably tell you that water has no taste and they may give you a funny look. But if you were a fruit fly, asking another fruit fly, that question might have a different answer.
To a fruit fly, water has a taste. Scientists want to know how the fruit fly knows water because this information may help in learning how other animals — or even individual cells — manage to use water in the right way. Water is important to life, but too much or too little can be deadly to a living creature. So by understanding how the fruit fly tastes water, researchers may learn more about other living things.
According to the new study, a protein(蛋白质)called PPK28 makes it possible for a fly to taste water. Proteins build cells and tissues, fight disease and carry messages between cells. It’s not surprising that a protein is responsible for the fruit fly’s ability to taste water.
The PPK28 protein is part of a larger family of similar proteins. One of these related proteins is used by mammals(哺乳动物)(including humans)to taste salt. Scientists have not found a protein that enables humans to “taste” water.
In the experiment, Cameron and his team compared normal fruit flies with fruit flies whose taste cells had been disabled. The fruit flies were given a special chemical that would glow(发光) when the fly used the PPK28 protein. Then the scientists led the flies to water. When the normal flies tasted the water, the PPK28 protein lit up — showing that it was in use.
The fruit fly in particular is so interesting that some scientists are hard at work creating a complete map of the fruit fly brain. This map will show all of a fly’s neurons and help scientists understand how the neurons(神经元)work together.
1. How do most people feel when asked the taste of water?A.Disagreeable. | B.Frightened. | C.Disappointed. | D.Strange. |
A.To know more about other creatures. | B.To decrease the number of the fruit fly. |
C.To manage to use water correctly. | D.To describe the taste of water. |
A.It enables the fruit fly to taste water. | B.The fruit fly can’t live without it. |
C.It can make humans taste salt. | D.The fruit fly uses it to avoid illnesses. |
A.Creating maps of human brains. | B.Telling more information about cells. |
C.Studying the fruit fly’s neuron systems. | D.Making the PPK28 protein. |
【推荐2】There are various ways in which to read body language so that you can understand how someone is feeling. Reading emotional clues (线索)is one of them.
Crying is considered to be caused by an explosion of emotion in most cultures. Often times crying is considered a sign of sadness, but crying can also be an expression of happiness. Crying can also come about through laughter and humor. Thus, when judging crying, you'll need to look for other signs to determine the meaning of the crying. Crying can also be forced in order to gain sympathy or to cheat others. This practice is known as " crocodile tears" , an expression that draws on the wrong idea that crocodiles" cry" when catching prey(猎物).
Signs of threat include v-shaped eye brows, wide eyes, and an open or down-turned mouth. In a similar way, arm tightly crossed over the other is a common sign that the person is angry and is closing himself off to you.
When people show anxiety, they display increased facial movements, and their mouth made into a thin line. Individuals who are anxious may also play with their hands, unable keep them in one spot. Anxiety can also or have nervous legs. It can be conveyed when people seemingly unconsciously(无意识 地)tap their feet or have nervous legs.
Embarrassment can be expressed by turning the eyes or shifting them away. If someone looks down at the floor a lot, they are probably shy, afraid, or embarrassed. People also tend to look down when they are upset, or trying to hide something emotional. People are often thinking and feeling unpleasant emotions when they are in the process of staring at the ground.
There are also some signs of pride. People show pride by displaying a small smile, holding their head backward, and putting their hands on their hips.
1. In what situation may one have"crocodile tears"?A.When he is sad. | B.When he cheats others. |
C.When he supports others. | D.When he is angry. |
A.Shape his eye brows into a"w". | B.Sigh heavily. |
C.Cross his arms tightly. | D.Open his eyes wide. |
A.Most of them show negative feelings. | B.They usually express positive emotions. |
C.They can be controlled well be humans. | D.They are good for people's health. |
A.How to use body languages? | B.What are body languages? |
C.What expressive emotions we have? | D.How to read emotional clues? |
【推荐3】There’s no doubt that football is the global sport. Though basketball, tennis, and other sports are popular too, nothing comes close to football. Being played in every country in the world, football provides dozens of superstars. The numbers are greater when compared to any other sport, and this drives the popularity of football up. Have you ever wondered when the sport started and became popular?
Football has its origin (起源) in China and has a history of more than 2,000 years. However, modern football originally appeared in Britain in the 19th century. Folk football matches had been played before in many cities and towns, but never on a professional level.
Football became a winter sport game played in different schools. The rules were carried out by each school, and this made it difficult for players to play an official game with each other. It all changed in 1849 at the University of Cambridge that invented a set of standard rules known as the Cambridge rules of football. From that moment, a new star sport was born.
By the early 20th century, football had spread all across Europe. In 1904, FIFA was set up. There are seven original members, including France, Denmark and Spain, FIFA became the governing body for many associations in Europe.
England’s international success improved the popularity of the sport in the country. The league (联赛) in Britain was set up in 1992. From the 1990s, it became a truly impressive piece of football organization, becoming the world’s top football league in the process.
Football is obviously the most popular sport in the world. It is impossible for any other sport to take its place, especially with leagues spending billions of pounds every year to stay in the focus.
1. What is the author’s purpose of writing paragraph 1?A.To describe the level of football. |
B.To introduce the topic of the text. |
C.To debate the main idea of the text. |
D.To introduce famous football leagues. |
A.In China. | B.In France. |
C.In Britain. | D.In Spain. |
A.The rules always changed. |
B.There were no common rules. |
C.The season made players hard to win. |
D.Officials made players misunderstand the rules. |
A.By time order. | B.By space order. |
C.By listing numbers. | D.By giving examples. |
【推荐1】It doesn’t matter when and how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought, until they heard about Herpin. Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.
Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw him sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.
The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him many questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure. Herpin died at the age of 94.
1. The main idea of this passage is that_____.A.large numbers of people do not need sleep. |
B.a person was found who actually didn’t need any sleep. |
C.everyone needs some sleep to stay alive. |
D.people can live longer by trying not to sleep. |
A.to cure him of his sleeplessness. |
B.to find that his sleeplessness was not really true. |
C.to find out why some old people did not need any sleep. |
D.to find a way to free people from the need of sleeping. |
A.needed some kind of sleep. |
B.was too old to need any sleep. |
C.needed no sleep at all. |
D.often sleeps in a chair. |
A.his mother’s injury before he was born. |
B.that he had gradually got rid of the sleeping habit. |
C.his good physical condition. |
D.that he hadn’t got a bed. |
【推荐2】You come home on a hot summer day, hoping to have a cool bath, but find there is no water. Then you see how important water is in your daily life. While sometimes you have the idea in many parts of the world, water is not just about one’s everyday needs.
In countries like Tanzania, water is hard to get, and the job of collecting water falls on women’s shoulders. Girls often have to leave school to collect water, while their brothers stay at school studying. The girls spend more time collecting water. That means they have less time for learning.
For these girls, “Knowledge is Power” is not just words; it’s a sad fact in real life. As they spend less time at school, they have fewer chances of getting good jobs, and they often have no choices on important matters, like who to marry. These girls are often married into poor families. They have little money or knowledge to take care of their children. For the baby girls who are lucky enough to survive(生存), their life may be still around “water”, just like their mothers’.
1. What do the underlined words “the idea” mean?A.Water is important in one’s everyday life. |
B.Water is not just about one’s everyday needs. |
C.It's nice to have a cool bath on a hot summer day. |
A.men’s | B.women’s | C.boys’ |
A.not just words | B.a sad fact in real life | C.both A and B |
A.The girls have a hard life in countries like Tanzania. |
B.Why it’s important to save water. |
C.How water may give a country power. |
【推荐3】Some Famous Libraries in the World
The Royal Library of AlexandriaThe Royal Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt is probably known as the largest and the most famous library in the ancient world. It is said that the ancient library was burned three times over the centuries. A likeness of the ancient library was built in Alexandria and was opened on October 16,2002.
Celsus LibraryCelsus Library was built in what had been a monument tomb of the governor of the Province of Asia, Celsus Polemaeanus in Ephesus, Turkey. It used to be the third richest of ancient times in the world,which had more than 12,000 works of art, but it was destroyed in wars, leaving some ruins. Even so, it is now still so world-famous for its beautiful structure that many visitors come to see it. There is a statue of Athena at its entrance as she is the Goddess of Wisdom. It remains delicate and appealing.
Bodleian LibraryBodleian Library is attached to Oxford University and mainly used as a research library. It is also a copyright library, which means it has a right to every book published in the United Kingdom. The library was designed by the architect, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Construction was completed in 1940.
The British LibraryThe British Library was set up in 1973 and is one of the world’s greatest libraries. This library has PACCAR gallery of living and workshop of words. The sounds and images offer shows and different programs at the theme exhibitions. They also have a wide collection of stamps of the world which are on show for visitors. The library also offers events like music and discussions.
1. Which of the following libraries has been reconstructed?A.The Royal Library of Alexandria. | B.Celsus Library. |
C.Bodleian Library. | D.The British Library. |
A.Read books. | B.Borrow books. |
C.See a stamp exhibition. | D.Enjoy the beautiful remains. |
A.It belongs to a university. |
B.It was once destroyed by fires. |
C.It is one of the famous ancient libraries. |
D.It is well-known for its beautiful structure. |