17．During a football game，having a good goalkeeper （守門員） is very important．A new study has found that what the goalkeeper wears is also important．
The study has found that when a goalkeeper is wearing red，the football player has fewer chances of making a goal（進球）．
The color red makes the football player nervous and it could make him play worse，according to the sports experts．
Researchers at the University Chichaster，UK watched how football players played in a test．
They asked 40 university football player to take shots（射門） against the same goalkeeper．Each football player took 10 shots against a goalkeeper，wearing either a blue，yellow，green or red shirt．
On average（平均），the player got seven and a half goals when the goalkeeper was wearing a blue，yellow or green shirt．But only five goals went in when the goalkeeper wore red．
The researchers believed that the color red may have an influence on the football players．
"People say red stands for danger or anger，"said Ian Greenlees，one of the researchers．"Red is a color of blood，which we don't often see until something bad happens．Red is usually used in traffic lights and other places to tell people that there is danger．"
"When people are under stress，they pay more attention to danger．Red makes the football player nervous．"
42．A new study has found the goalkeeper in red makes the football playerA．
A．nervous
B．excited
C．afraid
D．sad
43．Which of the following is true according to the test？B
A．Both the footplayers and goalkeeper wore red．
B．More goals went in when the goalkeeper wore blue，yellow or green．
C．On average the forty player got seven and a half goals．
D．Ten university football players were chosen to have the test．
44．We can learn from the passage thatD
A．the color had a good effect on the football players
B．wering blue can make football player peaceful
C．the players in the test came from 40 universities
D．the color red often reminds people of danger
45．What's the proper title of the passage？C
A．Colors and traffic
B．Sport research and ball games
C．The color red and football match
D．The goalkeeper and football players．
分析 短文講了紅色對足球比賽的影響，通過測試發(fā)現(xiàn)紅色會使運動員感到緊張，從而會讓成功率減小，人們把紅色應用在交通燈和其他地方告訴人們有危險，紅色對人們的影響很大．
解答 答案：42．A 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第三段句子The color red makes the football player nervous and it could make him play worse，according to the sports experts．紅色使足球運動員緊張，這可能使他發(fā)揮更糟糕的是，依據(jù)研究．可知一項新的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)守門員穿紅色的運動員會緊張．故選A．
43．B 細節(jié)判斷題．根據(jù)第六段第一行句子the player got seven and a half goals when the goalkeeper was wearing a blue，yellow or green shirt．當守門員身穿藍色，黃色或綠色的襯衫的時候，選手會進去七個半球．可知當守門員穿著藍色、黃色或綠色時有更多的球進去．故選B．
44．D 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句Red is usually used in traffic lights and other places to tell people that there is danger．紅色通常應用在交通燈和其他地方告訴人們有危險．可知我們可以學到紅色是經(jīng)常用來提醒人們危險的標志．故選D．
45．C 主旨歸納題．根據(jù)整篇文章內容講的都是關于顏色和足球的比賽之間的影響，以及最后一句Red makes the football player nervous．紅色使足球運動員緊張．可知文章說的是紅色和足球比賽的事情．故選C．
點評 在通讀全文的基礎上，根據(jù)全文大意，展開邏輯思維，瞻前顧后，認真觀察選項，仔細推敲，確定最佳答案．
