D. try to avoid using the language
14. Why do successful language learners want to learn the language?
A. Because they want to find better jobs. B. Because they want to get good marks in exams.
C. Because they are interested in the language and the people who speak it. D. Because they have a knack for learning languages. 15. The purpose of the passage is to ____________.
A. explain the importance of language learning
B. introduce some useful techniques of language learning C. teach people how to learn English
D. compare language teaching with language learning
Passage 4
Colors are sometimes called hot, cold, or neutral（中性的）. Red and yellow are said to be hot colors because they make a room feel warmer and the walls nearer to us than they really are. We say that blue and green are cold because they give us the opposite feeling. A neutral color is one that does not seem to affect our feelings. Brown and grey are both neutral, and they may also be mixed with hot or cold colors to reduce their effect on our feelings.
We can begin to see the importance of color selection. Although red might be perfect for a restaurant, it would be wrong for an art exhibition room, where we want to look at the paintings, not at the walls behind. Because of its effect on size, white could be used to make a small room seem larger, or dark blue to make a large one seem smaller.
Another way that we sometimes speak of colors is to say that they are loud or quiet. Again we are talking about the feeling that colors give us. We use sound to express how much colors catch our attention.
16. If a man wants to make a room warmer, which color will he choose for the walls?
A. Green. C. Black. A. Yellow. C. Grey.
B. Yellow. D. Brown B. Red. D. Green. B. paintings
D. the walls in a living room
17. Which color can be used with blue to reduce its effect on our feelings?
18. According to the second paragraph, red is most suitable for _____________.
A. restaurants C. an exhibition room
19. People would paint a small room into white because ____________.
A. white makes a room brighter B. white makes a room prettier C. a room seems larger in white D. a room seems smaller it white
20. “Loud” and “quiet” colors give people ____________.
A. the cooler feelings B. the opposite feelings C. the warmer feelings
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D. the similar feelings
IV. Complete the sentences with the words from the bracket, and you should put them in proper order.（每小题 3 分，共 30 分）
1. Over two hundred people __________________ (参加葬礼) yesterday. (funeral ,the , attended) 2. May I ____________________ (帮你再取一些肉吗)? (to ,more ,help ,you ,some ,meat) 3. Bryson decided to__________________（离开而不是接受新规定）. (quit, accept, rather, new, than, the, rules)
4. The weather __________________（时而下雨，时而放晴）. (rain, sunshine, alternated, between, and)
5. We should __________________（防止儿童靠近火）. (children, prevent, fire, the, from, approaching)
6. ____________________ (这家工厂就在这里了) since the 1970s. (factory ,been ,has ,The, here)
7. The equipment is __________________（既不精准也不安全）. ( accurate, neither, nor, safe)
8.This film ________________ (很值得一看) if you are interested in history. (is ,well ,seeing ,worth)
9. He certainly wasn’t going to miss the chance of __________________（挣些零花钱）. (pocket, making, money, some)
10. It’s __________________（独自一人做这么多事是很困难的）. (these, alone, to, hard, do, things)
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