Passage 2
What is your favorite color? Do you like yellow, orange, red? If you do, you must be an optimist, a leader, an active person who 11 life, people and excitement. Do you prefer greys and blues? Then you are probably quiet, shy, and you would rather follow than lead. You 12 to be a pessimist. At least, this is what psychologists tell us, and they should know, because they have been seriously studying the meaning of color preference, as well as the effect that colors have on human beings. They tell us, among other 13 , that we do not choose our favorite color as we grow up we are born with our preference. 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.
Colors do 14 our moods there is no doubt about it. A yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one; and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day. On the other hand, black is 15 .A black bridge over the Thames River, near London, used to be the 16 of more suicides than any other bridge in the area until it was repainted green. The number of suicide attempts immediately fell 17 ; perhaps it would have fallen even more if the bridge had been done in pink or baby blue.
Light and 18 colors make people not only happier but more active. It is
an 19 fact that factory workers work better, harder, and have fewer 20 when their machines are painted orange rather than black or grey.
A. bright B. scene C. wholly D. favor
E. facts F. depressing G. accidents H. interfere
I. established J. incidents K. disgusting L. sharply
M. enjoys N. tend O. influence
少儿英语小故事:圣诞节晚宴上的餐前祷告
单词辨义:look,look at,see,你知道怎么看?
故事:兔八哥和他的朋友们
格林童话故事(8)
故事淘气的小老鼠
神话故事:阿喀琉斯的后跟
伊索寓言Lesson 30 The milkmaid and her pail 挤牛奶的姑娘
神话故事:珀琉斯的婚礼
少儿英语故事:Comics in the Newspaper
伊索寓言Lesson 29 The trumpeter taken prisoner 号兵
格林童话故事(33)
古代故事:曹冲称象
少儿英语故事:A Penny Collector
伊索寓言Lesson 36 The crow and the pitcher 口渴的乌鸦
神话故事:不和之果与海伦
佛教的故事:The Quail King And The Hunter
故事狮子和农夫
佛教的故事:The Birth Of A Banyan Tree
单词辨义:what, how, where, who和how old怎么用好?
幼儿英语单词大全:植物英语名称(plants)
幼儿英语单词大全
少儿英语音标入门:短元音[i]的发音方法
伊索寓言Lesson 33 The two pots 两口锅
少儿英语音标入门:长元音[i:]的发音方法
格林童话故事(28)
伊索寓言Lesson 34 The dog and the wolf 狗和狼
伊索寓言Lesson 37 The frogs and the well 青蛙和井
双语寓言小故事:父亲和孩子们
伊索寓言Lesson 38 The horse and the ass 马和驴
少儿英语小故事:我让奶奶高兴了
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