阅读理解 “颜色重量错觉”
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Do Colours Have “Weight(重量)”?
Do colours have “weight”? No, of course not. But scientists find different colours can change how we feel about weight! Let’s do a small test.
First, prepare(准备) two balls and two light-coloured boxes. The balls are the same and so are the boxes. Put the balls into the boxes(one ball in one box). Then, close the boxes. Next, paint one box black, and the other white. Now feel the boxes with your hands. Oh! You will feel the black one is heavier and the white one is lighter. In fact, their weights are the same but our feelings are different.
In our daily lives, dark-coloured(深颜色的) things like rocks may often look heavy, and light-coloured things like white clouds may often look light. So, we often feel dark colours are “heavy” and light colours are “light”. It’s called “colour-weight illusion(错觉)”.
▲ For example, coffee shops like to serve coffee in dark-coloured cups, like dark green and dark blue. These colours make the cups look “heavy” and you may think there is a lot of coffee in them. And iPads are often white because they look lighter and easier to carry in white.
Now, look at the colours around you. Can you feel their “weight”?
1. 新考法·细节排序题 The right order of the steps in the test is .

A. ④②③① B. ④③②①
C. ③②①④ D. ③④②①
2. What does the underlined word “light” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Not dark. B. Not heavy.
C. Not difficult. D. Not big.
3. According to the passage, people may feel that the black box is heavier because .
A. the black box is larger
B. the black box is heavier
C. they like the colour black
D. they think dark-coloured things look heavier
4. 新考法·信息还原题 Which of the following can be put in “ ▲ ” in Paragraph 4?
A. People like different colours.
B. Light colours can make us happy.
C. We can make good use of it in our lives.
D. Scientists are still studying this illusion.
5. From the passage, we can learn to .
A. pick a black cup to keep water warm
B. use a yellow pencil to write fast
C. choose a white handbag for a school trip
D. serve coffee in light-coloured cups in a coffee shop

【解题导语】 本文介绍了“颜色重量错觉”现象,通过实验说明深色会让人感觉更重,浅色则相反,并举例说明该现象在生活中的应用。
1. D 细节排序题。
[图1 第1题图]
由此可知,实验步骤:准备球和盒子(③)→放球进盒(④)→给盒子上色(②)→用手感受(①)。故选 D。
解题通法
回文定位法解答排序题
排序题是一种将多项事实或情节进行排序的细节理解题。该题要求学生根据事件或动作发生的先后顺序,确定事件或事物发展变化的正确顺序。解题时通常采用回文定位法,学生需要先研读选项,确定选项中的关键词或短语,而后找到关键词或短语在原文中的位置,最后按照时间、逻辑等顺序进行排序,从而得出正确答案。
2. B 词义猜测题。根据第三段中的“In our daily lives, dark-coloured(深颜色的) things like rocks may often look heavy, and light-coloured things like white clouds may often look light”可知,此处“light”与“heavy”是反义词,意为“不重的”。故选 B。
3. D 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“In our daily lives, dark-coloured(深颜色的) things like rocks may often look heavy... So, we often feel dark colours are ‘heavy’ and light colours are ‘light’”可知,人们觉得黑色盒子更重,是因为他们认为深色物品看起来是重的。故选 D。
4. C 信息还原题。根据第四段举例说明该错觉在咖啡店、iPad 设计中的应用可知,此处是承上启下,说明我们可以在生活中利用这一现象。故选 C。
5. C 推理判断题。根据“For example, coffee shops like to serve coffee in dark-coloured cups... And iPads are often white because they look lighter and easier to carry in white”可知,白色物品看起来更轻便,因此为学校旅行选择白色手提包符合这一原理。故选 C。