Question

【题目】 Hi, I’m Neil Harbisso. I come from a place where the sky is always grey, where flowers are always grey, and where television is still in black and white.

I actually come from a world where color doesn’t exist. I was born with achromatopsia. I was born completely color-blind. So I’ve never seen color, and don’t know what it looks like. But since the age of 21, I can hear color thanks to a magic electronic eye called “eyeborg”: a color sensor between my eyes connected to a chip(芯片) installed at the back of my head that transforms color frequencies into sound frequencies that I hear through my bone.

I’ve had the electronic eye permanently attached to my head and I’ve been listening to colors nonstop since 2004. So I find it completely normal now to hear colors all the time.

Since I started to hear color, my life has changed significantly. Art galleries have become concert halls. I can hear a Picasso. And supermarkets have become like night clubs. I love how they sound.

My sense of beauty has changed. Someone might look very beautiful but sound terrible, and someone might sound very harmonious but look awful. So I find it really exciting to create sound portraits(画像) of people. Instead of drawing the shape of someone’s face I write down the different notes I hear when I look at them, and then I send them an mp3 of their face. Each face sounds different. I can even give face concerts now, concerts where I play the audience’s faces. The good thing about doing this is that if the concert doesn’t sound good, it’s their fault.

I also found out that things I thought were colorless are not colorless at all. Cities are not grey. Lisbon is yellow turquoise(宝石绿); London is very golden red…and humans are not black and white. Human skins range from light shades of orange to very dark shades of orange. We are all orange.

If we extend our senses, we will consequently extend our knowledge.

【1】We can infer from the article that people with achromatopsia ____________.

A.suffer from blindness

B.have a good sense of colors

C.are not able to see colors

D.like to go to concert halls and supermarkets

【2】What does the author mean by saying “Art galleries have become concert halls”?

A.Art galleries have been changed into various sounds.

B.Works at the art galleries are created by great musicians.

C.Art galleries are filled with noisy people.

D.The author now likes art galleries as much as concert halls.

【3】Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

A.Neil developed a rare disease in his childhood.

B.The eyeborg produces sounds based on shades of colors.

C.Neil will use the eyeborg for the rest of his life.

D.In Neil’s mind, all people are orange.

【4】What is the best title for the passage?

A.Eyeborg – a real life saver.B.I listen to color.

C.Sense the world.D.Art galleries turned into concert halls.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。记叙了从小患有色盲的作者，利用颜色传感器来听自己看不见的颜色，从而形成了作者与众不同的美感。作者认为如果我们扩展我们的感官，我们将因此扩展我们的知识。

【1】推理判断题。根据第二段中I actually come from a world where color doesn’t exist. I was born with achromatopsia. I was born completely color-blind.（我来自一个没有颜色的世界。我生来患有色盲。我生来就是色盲。）我们可以从这篇文章中推断，患有色盲的人是看不见颜色的。故选C。

【2】词句猜测题。结合上文Since I started to hear color, my life has changed significantly.（自从我开始听到颜色，我的生活发生了巨大的变化。）以及下文I can hear a Picasso.（我能听见毕加索的声音。）可知作者说“艺术画廊变成了音乐厅”意思是对作者来说，艺术画廊已经变成了各种各样的声音。故选A。

【3】细节理解题。根据第二段中I actually come from a world where color doesn’t exist. I was born with achromatopsia. I was born completely color-blind.（我来自一个没有颜色的世界。我生来患有色盲。我生来就是色盲。）可知A选项“尼尔小时候得了一种罕见的疾病。”错误。故选A。

【4】主旨大意题。结合文章第三段I’ve had the electronic eye permanently attached to my head and I’ve been listening to colors nonstop since 2004. So I find it completely normal now to hear colors all the time.（我把电子眼固定在头上，从2004年开始我就不停地听彩色音乐。所以我发现现在一直听到颜色是完全正常的。）以及文章主要内容为生来是色盲的作者讲述自己听颜色的事情，故B选项“我听颜色”符合文章标题。故选B。