江苏省普通高校“专转本”统一考试
大学英语
第I卷（共100分）
Part I Reading Comprehension （共20小题，每小题2分，共40分）
Directions: In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed by four comprehension questions. Read the passage and answer the questions. Then mark your answer on the Answer Sheet. Passage 1
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage: Human feelings are affected by color unconsciously. Manufactures have discovered by trial and error that sugar sells badly in green wrappings, that blue foods are considered by consumers as tasteless, and that cosmetics should never be packaged in brown。These discoveries have grown into a whole discipline of color psychology. Some of our preferences are clearly psychological. Dark blue is the color of the night sky and therefore associated with calm, while yellow is a key color in association with energy. For primitive men, activity during the day time meant hunting and attacking, in which he soon saw red, the color of blood and hunting and fire. So it was natural that green, the complementary color to red, should be associated with passive defense. Experiments have shown that colors also have a direct psychological effect. People when exposed to bright red, show an increase in breathing rate, heart beat and blood pressure. Red is exciting. Similar exposure to pure have exactly the opposite effect, because it is a calming color. Because red has an implication of excitement, it is chosen as the signal for danger. Some analyses show that a vivid yellow can produce a more basic state of alarm. So fire engines and ambulances in some advanced countries are now rushing around in bright yellow colors that stop traffic dead.
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1、If people are exposed to red, which of the following statements does NOT happen? A、They feel afraid.
B、They breathe faster. C、Their blood pressure rise.
D、Their hearts heat faster.
2、Manufacturers have discovered the secret of colors in making . A、by experimenting with different colors
B、by developing the discipline of color psychology C、by trying not to make mistakes
D、by accumulating their various experiences 3、Which of the following is NOT true?
A、Our feelings about certain colors are purely psychological. B、Food should never be packaged in brown. C、Sugar sells badly in green wrappings.
D、Color probably has an effect on us which we are not conscious of. 4、Our preferences for certain colors are . A、dependent on our character B、linked with the primitive men C、associated with psychology
D、associated with the time of the day
5、The passage is about . A、color and traffic accidents B、color and manufacturers
C、which color might influence human feelings D、why color affects human emotions and behavior Passage 2
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage: 2
Exchange a glance with someone, and then look away. Do you realize that you have made a statement? Hold the glance for a second longer, and you have a different statement. Hold it for 3 seconds, and the meaning has changed again. For very social situation, there is a permissible time that you can hold a person’s gaze without being intimate, rude, or aggressive. If you are on an elevator, what gaze-time are you permitted? To answer this question, consider what you typically do. You very likely give other passengers a quick glance to size them up (打量) and to assure them that you mean no threat. Since being close to another person signals the possibility of interaction, you need to emit a signal telling others you want to be left alone. So you cut off eye contact, which sociologist Erving Goffman (1963) calls “a dimming of the lights”. You look down at the floor, at the indicator lights, anywhere but into another passenger’s eyes. Should you bream the rule against staring at a stranger on an elevator, you will make the other person exceedingly uncomfortable, and you are likely to feel a bit strange yourself.
If you hold eye contract for more than 3 seconds, what are you telling another person? Much depends on the person and the situation. For instance a man and a woman communicate interest in this manner. They typically gaze at each other for about 3 seconds at a time, and then drop their eyes down for 3 seconds, before letting their eyes meet again. But if one man gives another man a 3-second-plus stare, he signals—“I know you,” “I am interested in you,” or “You look peculiar and I am curious about you.” This type of stare often produces hostile feelings.
6、It can be inferred from the first paragraph that . A、every glance has its significance
B、staring at a person is an expression of interest C、a gaze longer than 3 seconds is unacceptable D、a glance conveys more meaning than words
7、If you want to be left alone on an elevator, the best thing to do is .
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