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16．Nervous suspects（嫌疑犯） in Britain's newest police station may feel a bit more relaxed by a pleasant yellow color on the door．If they are to confess a crime（坦白罪行），the blue one on the wall may help．
Gwent Police have given up colors such as grey and brown in the 20th-century police cells（牢房） and have used color psychology to decorate them．
Ystrad Mynach station has four cells with g lass doors for prisoners who suffer from the complete loneliness．Designers have painted the frames yellow，which researchers say is a calming color．Other cells have a royal blue line because the color can encourage truthfulness．
The station has 31 cells，including 12 with a"live scan"system for drunken prisoners，which watches the rise and fall of their chests．An alarm sounds if a prisoner's breathing stops and goes on ringing until the door is opened．
Designers and psychologists have worked for years on color．It is said that blue means trust，duty，coolness and calmness．It also means coldness and unfriendliness．Strong blues are believed to help people think clearly and lighter； softer colors will calm the mind．
Yellow is linked with self-respect and friendliness．Get the color wrong and it could cause fear，depression（压抑） and worry，but the right yellow can lift spirits and self-respect．
Ingrid Collins，who has been doing the experiments about the effects of color，said color was an"energy force"．She said，"Blue is of some help to communication but I'm not sure whether it is helpful to truthful communication．"
Yellow works on the mind，she said．Red，on the other hand，should never be considered because it could increase aggression（攻击）．Mrs．Collins praised the designers for using colors in the cells．Gwent is not the first British force to experiment with color to calm down or make prisoners co-operate．In the 1990s，Strathclyde Police used pink in the cells after they studied the result of the research carried out by American scientists．
34．Which colors have been given up at Gwent police cells nowadays？D
A．Pink and red．
B．Yellow and green．
C．Blue and dark．
D．Grey and brown．
35．What can make police officers know that someone stops breathing？A
A．Scanning equipment．
B．Royal blue lines．
C．Glass doors．
D．Yellow frames．
36．We can learn from the passage thatA．
A．yellow helps make prisoners suffering from loneliness calm down
B．grey and brown have not been used to decorate cells in the world now
C．American scientists are the first to try on color to calm down prisoners
D．Ingrid Collins doesn't believe that blue can help truthful communication
37．What could be the best title of the passage？B
A．Yellow and Blue-Two Best Colors
B．The Use of Color Psychology in Cells
C．Scientific Ways to Watch Prisoners
D．Different Social Functions of Colors．

Answer 1

分析 这篇文章主要是关于在监狱使用颜色影响罪犯的心理．

解答 34．D 细节理解题．根据文章第一段中"Gwent Police have given up colors such as grey and brown in the 20th-century police cells（牢房） and have used color psychology to decorate them，"可知，他们放弃让牢房刷上灰色和棕色．故选D．
35．A 细节理解题．根据文章第四段的句子"The station has 31 cells，including 12 with a"live scan"system for drunken or disturbed prisoners，which detects the rise and fall of their chest．An alarm alerts officers if a prisoner's breathing stops"可知，如果有罪犯停止呼吸了，扫描设备会向警官报警．故选A．
36．A．细节理解题．根据文章倒数第二段的句子"but the right yellow can lift spirits and self-respect．可知黄色可以给人精神鼓励，让孤独的人平静下来，故选A．
37．B．主旨归纳题．可知，这篇文章主要是关于在监狱使用颜色影响罪犯的心理．故选B．

点评 本篇文章主要是细节理解方面的题型，需要考生通过跳读迅速找到对应的句子进行详细理解，句子的理解可以结合上下文意思，通过逻辑推理得到．