C

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 (包装) two boxes of the same size with color ed 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 (影响) 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!

61. The underlined word “mislead” means ________.

A. affects                             B. effects

C. causes someone to have a wrong idea    D. give wrong directions

62. We’d better paint the walls of the hospital in ________.

A. light blue or light green          B. deep red or deep brown

C. deep orange or deep red          D. light green or light yellow

63. If you want to ________, you’d better sit in the room painted blue.

A. weigh something with your hands       B. study attentively (注意地)

C. face the lake or the sea                D. enjoy some rock music

64. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Scientists have known some differences among some colors.

B. When you are going to have a rest, you’d better sit in the room painted green.

C. When you get tired of homework, you should look at the green plants far away.

D. The passage has told us clearly why some colors are warm and other colors are cool.

65. The reading mainly shows us ________.

A. the difference between red and blue

B. how to get on well with others

C. how to paint and decorate our rooms

D. how to make smart uses of different colors in our daily life