About ten men in every hundred have the trouble of colorblindness in some way. Women are luckier, only about five in every hundred are affected in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman.

There are different shapes of color blindness. For example, a man may be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shades of green. Sometimes a person can not tell the difference between blue and green. Only a few unlucky men may see everything in shades of green-a strange world indeed.

Colour blindness in human beings is a strange thing to say clearly. In only one eye there are millions of very small things called “cones^①”. These help us to see in a bright light and to tell difference between colours. There are also millions of “rods^②”，but these are used for seeing when it is nearly dark. They show us shapes but no colours. Some insects have favourite colours. Mosquitoes^③ like blue but do not like yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue light will. Human beings also have favourite colours. Yet we are lucky. With the help of the cones in our eyes we can see many beautiful colours by day, and with the help of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible^④ colours around us.

生词注释：①cone n.锥形物　②rods n.棒　③mosquitoe n.蚊子　

　　　　　④invisible adj.看不见的

1.“colour blindness”means       in Chinese.

       A.色盲                        B.颜料                    C.盲目                   D.瞎

2.Why do some people say it is safer to be driven by women?

       A.Women are better at driving than men.

       B.Women are more careful.

       C.There are fewer colour blind women.

       D.Women are friendly to people.

3.With the help of the “cones”, we can      .

       A.tell different shapes   B.kill insects

       C.see in a weak light     D.tell orange from yellow

4.We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a       light.

       A.red                          B.yellow                 C.blue                    D.green

5.Which of the following sentences about the colour blindness is TRUE?

       A.None of them can see deep red.

       B.Not all of them have the same problem in recognizing(识别)colour.

       C.None of them can tell the difference between blue and green.

       D.All of them see everything in shades of green.

句型变换。（14分）

1.This is an orange in English.(对划线部分提问)

　________ this _____ English?

2.I this your jacket ? (做否定回答)

   No，_____ ________.

3.——________ _________, __________.(根据答句完成上句)

   —— E-N-G-L-I-S-H, English.

4.Hello ， Lucy. Nice to meet you.(完成下句)

    ____________________ ,_______ .

1.The play Teahouse shows the a 　　 life in China between 1898 and 1945.

2.Lao She was b　　 in Beijing in 1899.

3.Las She was n　　 a “People’s Artist” and “Great Master of Language”.

4.Teahouse gives a wonderful w　　 to everyone from China and from all over the world.

5.The captain falls in love with Maria and m　　 her.

6.The story brings the audience to the end of the         (抗日) War in 1945.?

7.The girl is very pretty and she sings very        (优美).

8.The story starts in 1898          (在……期间) the Qing Dynasty.

9.He wrote many plays,       (小说) and short stories.

10.The boy often practises p　　 football with his classmates.