单选题 .  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 enjoys life, people and excitement. Do you prefer grays and blues? Then you are probably quiet, shy, and you would rather follow than lead. You tend to be a pessimist (悲观主义者). This is what psychologists tell us. They tell us, among other facts, that we don't 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 influence 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. On the other hand, black is depressing. A black bridge over the Thames River, near London, used to be the scene of more suicides than any other bridge in the area—until it was repainted green. The number of suicide attempts immediately fell sharply; perhaps it would have fallen even more if the bridge had been done in pink or baby blue.
    We often associate a particular color with a piece of music, a book, a play, a person, a number, or a letter. Doesn't 3 look red and 4 yellow? At the beginning of this century a French poet wrote that for him the letter A was always black; E was white, I red, O blue, and U green. For someone else, U might be deep purple or lemon yellow. A tragic (悲观的) story makes you think of black, red, and gold, while love stories vary from red to pink—or may be light blue? And why did the black American composers of sad jazz music call the songs "blues"?
    Remember, then, that if you feel low, you can always brighten your day—or your life—with a new shirt or a few cans of paint. And don't forget that anyone can guess a lot about your personality when you choose a pair of socks or a lampshade.1.  A person who prefers grays and blues is likely to be ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 事实细节题
   从第一段第四、五句中“Do you prefer grays and blues? Then you are probably quiet, shy, and you would rather follow than lead. ”可知C是正确答案。
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   你最喜欢的颜色是什么?你喜欢黄色、橙色或红色吗?倘若如此,你准是一个乐观的人、一个领导者、一个活跃的喜欢生活、人们和刺激的人。你偏爱灰、蓝系列色彩吗?那么,你很可能缄默、羞怯,你宁愿随从而不愿领先,你可能是个悲观主义者。这是心理学家告诉我们的。他们还告诉我们,在其他一些事实中,我们并没有随着自己的成长而选择最喜欢的颜色,我们的喜好是天生的。假设你碰巧喜欢褐色,那么自从你一睁眼,或至少当你可以清楚地看见时你就喜欢这个颜色了。
   色彩的确影响我们的情绪,这是毫无疑问的。一问黄色的房间比一问深色的更能让人感到愉悦放松。然而,黑色却是令人沉闷的。在伦敦附近的泰晤士河上有一座黑色的桥,这里一直是这个地区比其他桥有更多自杀事件的场所。后来桥被重新漆成绿色,自杀的人数立刻骤减,如果把桥漆成粉红色或浅蓝色,估计降幅或许会更大。
   我们常常会因某种特殊的色彩而联想到一段音乐、一本书、一出戏、一个人、一个数字或者一封信。难道3看起来不是红色的,4看起来不是黄色的?本世纪初,一位法国诗人写道,对于他来说字母A总是代表着黑色,E是白色,I是红色,O是蓝色,而U是绿色。对有些人,U可能是深紫色或柠檬黄色。一个悲惨的故事是不是会使你想到黑色、红色和金色,而爱情故事会让你联想到红色到粉色或浅蓝色?为什么美国黑人作曲家把悲伤的爵士音乐叫“蓝调”?
   那么,要记住,如果哪天你心情不好,你只需要买件新衬衫或者买几罐亮丽的油漆,就可以点亮你的日子或者你的生活。也别忘了,当你选择一双袜子或一个灯罩的时候,任何人都可能会猜测到许多有关你性格的东西。