Question

Australian colour consultant（顧問）Kylie Bartnicki is talking with a group of women in Pudong, Shanghai, who are interested in how colours affect people's confidence and help form（形成）people's first impressions（印象）．

    Kylie traces（追溯）back her interest in colours to when she went for her first job interview at age 18. "My mother bought me a new red top to wear to my interview and she said, "Wear this, and it will be lucky."' Kylie recalls. "I wore it, had a great interview and got the job. Ever since then I started thinking about how powerful the colour is, how it makes us look and how it makes us feel."

    "When we wear clothes in a good colour, the colour will make our skin, hair and eyes shine and we look happy and smart," Kylie says.

    Winter and summer are "cool colourings" and autumn and spring are "warm colourings". Someone who loves "cool colouring" might have red or golden hair, brown eyes and gold or yellow skin.

    Chinese women belong to the "autumn season" if they have darker, peachy skin. Chinese women belong to the "winter season" if they have pale skin. Kylie says that Chinese women who have dark eyes and dark hair will look best in deep, rich colours. Light pinks and blues should be  avoided because they may wash our Chinese skin tones（膚色）．

    Their talk usually lasts one and a half to two hours and costs 600 yuan (89 dollars). Kylie says her customers(客戶) are as young as five years old and as old as 90. The customers between their 30s and 50s always want some fresh ideas on developing their own personal style.

1.Chinese women who have dark eyes and dark hair won't look beautiful in_______.

A. purple                 B. red             C. deep green    D. light blue

2.A mother and her daughter need to pay___ to get the advice from Kylie for their 2-hour talk.

A. $89                      B. $120          C. $178                    D. $600

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Wearing clothes in a good colour will make us look happy.

B. When Kylie was 18, she started to be interested in colours.

C. Kylie's customers are in between their 30s and 50s.

D. Autumn and spring are "warm clourings".

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章主要講述了顏色對人的影響。顏色顧問Kylie認為顏色對人的影響很大，例如紅顏色的衣服幫助她通過面試；而不同膚色的人也適應不同的顏色。在她的顧客里，各種年齡的人都有。

1.細節理解題。根據文中第五段Kylie says that Chinese women who have dark eyes and dark hair will look best in deep, rich colours. Light pinks and blues should be avoided because they may wash our Chinese skin tones可知，要避免淺粉色和淺藍色，因為它們使我們的膚色“褪色”。故選D。

2.細節理解題。根據文中最后一段Their talk usually lasts one and a half to two hours and costs 600 yuan (89 dollars)他們的談話持續一個半到兩個小時，花費600元，即89美元；故選A。

3.判斷推理題。根據文中最后一段Kylie says her customers(客戶) are as young as five years old and as old as 90. Kylie說她的客戶年輕的只有5歲，年老的有90歲；故C錯誤。

考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。