PassageThree
Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Humanfeelingsareaffectedbycolourunconsciously.Manufacturershavediscoveredbytr ialanderrorthatsugarsellsbadlyingreenwrappings,thatbluefoodsareconsideredbyconsumersastasteless,andthatcosmeticsshouldneverbepackagedinbrown.Thesediscoverieshavegrownintoawholedisciplineofcolourpsychology.Someofourpreferencesareclearlypsychological.Darkblueisthecolourofthenightskyandthereforeassociatedwithquietandcalm:Whiteyellowisakeycolourinassociationwithenergy.Forprimitivemen,activityduringthedaytimemeanthuntingandattacking,whichhesoonsawred,thecolourofbloodandthefire.Soitwasnaturalthatgreen,thecomplementarycolourtored,shouldbeassociatedwithpassivedefence.Experimentshaveshownthatcoloursalsohaveadirectpsychologicaleffect.Peoplewhenexposedtobrightr ed,showanincreaseinbreathingrate,heartbeatandbloodpressure.Redisexciting.Similarexposuretopurebluehasexactlytheoppositeeffect,becauseitisacalmingcolour.Becauseredhasanimplicationofexciting,itwaschosenasthesignalfordanger.Someanalysisshowsthatavividyellowcanproduceamorebasicstateofalarm.Sofireenginesandambulancesinsomeadvancedcountr iesarenowrushingaroundinbrightyellowcoloursthatstoptr afficdeed.
Thepassageisabout______.
A.whycolouraffectshumans
B.colourandmanufacturers
C.colourandtr afficaccidents
D.howcoloursinfluencehumanfeelings
正确答案:D[解析]本文第一句话开篇点题。



