The history of colours and the meanings people have given them

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题目与答案

1. 1 The shade of red brought back by 15th-century explorers was more popular with the public than the red made from kermes insects.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：NOT GIVEN

   原文定位：In the Europe of the Middle Ages (470-1500 AD), red was made from kermes insects, but when the Spanish explorers returned from the Americas in the 15th century, they brought... a new shade of red. What was different about this new shade was that it was the result of a process involving a species of beetle

2. ·10 In the Renaissance, ultramarine was made out of a type of _____ .

   答案：gem

   原文定位：For instance, they might ask that the artist use gold paint or ultramarine, which was made from the semi-precious gem called lapis lazuli

3. ·11 In the 1800s, chemists started to make colours by using different _____ .

   答案：metals

   原文定位：In the early 1800s, chemists began to develop synthetic paints, often from metals such as cobalt (cobalt blue), zinc (zinc white), etc

4. ·12 In the mid 1800s, colours were put into _____ which made them easy to transport.

   答案：tubes

   原文定位：By the mid-1800s, another development was the use of portable tubes to contain the paint and keep it fresh

5. Colours and different countries

   ·13 Red is worn at _____ in some countries but is also used to warn people of danger.

   答案：weddings

   原文定位：In China and some other Asian countries, the colour of sickness and death is white, whereas it is red which is traditionally used for weddings. The same colour represents danger in many European countries

6. 2 During the Renaissance, some European artists were obliged to use low cost materials.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：In Europe, during the Renaissance (1300-1600 AD), patrons would state in contracts that painters were required to use expensive pigments to add value to the works they commissioned

7. 3 The colours invented by chemists in the 1800s led to major new art movements.
   • TRUE
   • NO
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：Without these new colours, Impressionism and other aspects of modern art development would not have been possible

8. 4 People today continue to give new meanings to colours.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：There are many different meanings that people have given to colours. This is a process that has gone on for much of human history and has not yet come to an end. Green being associated with environmental protection is a good example of this

9. 5 In Europe, there are an equal number of positive meanings of black as there are negative ones.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：NOT GIVEN

   原文定位：In Europe, the colour black has been used to express a variety of meanings, for example, formality and elegance, among many others. However, black is not the only colour that represents death

10. 6 John Gohn believed children naturally like dark colours.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：FALSE

    原文定位：Jonas Cohn, for instance, writing in the 1890s, said that preference for strong, pure colours is a basic human instinct, and therefore this preference is strongly present in children

11. Making and Using Colours

    Making paints

    ·7 The earliest paints discovered in _____ caves were made from animal products, chalk or different soils.

    答案：prehistoric

    原文定位：Prehistoric paintings in caves were found to contain yellow and red earth, white chalk, and a black made from the soot of burned animal fat

12. ·8 In the Middle Ages, red was made from either kermes insects or a kind of _____ .

    答案：beetle

    原文定位：In the Europe of the Middle Ages (470-1500 AD), red was made from kermes insects, but when the Spanish explorers returned from the Americas in the 15th century, they brought... a new shade of red. What was different about this new shade was that it was the result of a process involving a species of beetle

13. ·Purple was:

    - made from shellfish,

    - expensive

    - 9 used mostly by rulers and _____ .

    答案：priests

    原文定位：As a result, purple became the colour of kings and emperors in ancient Persia and Rome, and was also worn by priests on ceremonial occasions