Reading Test KET
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Different Colours can affect us in many different ways; that’s according to Verity Allen. In her new series ‘Colour me Healthy’, Verity looks at the ways that colours can influence how hard we work and the choices we make. They can even change our emotions and even influence how healthy we are. ‘Have you ever noticed how people always use the same colours for the same things?’ says Verity. ‘Our toothpaste is always white or blue or maybe red. It’s never green. Why not? For some reason we think that blue and white is clean, while we think of green products as being a bit disgusting. It’s the same for businesses. We respect a company which writes its name in blue or black, but we don’t respect one that uses pink or orange. People who design new products can use these ideas to influence what we buy.’ During this four-part series, Verity studies eight different colours, two colours in each programme. She meets people who work in all aspects of the colour industry, from people who design food packets, to people who name the colours of lipsticks. Some of the people she meets clearly have very little scientific knowledge to support their ideas, such as the American ‘Colour Doctor’ who believes that serious diseases can be cured by the use of coloured lights. However, she also interviews real scientists who are studying the effects of green and red lights on mice, with some surprising results. Overall, it’s an interesting show, and anyone who watches it will probably find out something new. But because Verity is goes out of her way to be polite to everyone she meets on the
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Different Colours can affect us in many different ways; thats according to Verity Allen
Different Colours can affect us in many different ways; thats according to Verity Allen. In her new series Colour me Healthy, Verity looks at the ways that colours can influence how hard we work and the choices we make. They can even change our emotions and even influence how healthy we are.
Have you ever noticed how people always use the same colours for the same things? says Verity. Our toothpaste is always white or blue or maybe red. Its never green. Why not? For some reason we think that blue and white is clean, while we think of green products as being a bit disgusting. Its the same for businesses. We respect a company which writes its name in blue or black, but we dont respect one that uses pink or orange. People who design new products can use these ideas to influence what we buy.
During this four-part series, Verity studies eight different colours, two colours in each programme. She meets people who work in all aspects of the colour industry, from people who design food packets, to people who name the colours of lipsticks. Some of the people she meets clearly have very little scientific knowledge to support their ideas, such as the American Colour Doctor who believes that serious diseases can be cured by the use of coloured lights. However, she also interviews real scientists who are studying the effects of green and red lights on mice, with some surprising results.
Overall, its an interesting show, and anyone who watches it will probably find out something new. But because Verity is goes out of her way to be polite to everyone she meets on the series, its up to the viewers to make their own decisions about how much they should believe.1
What is the writer doing in this text?
A giving information about how colours influence us
B reporting what happens in a new television series
C giving information about a television presenter
D giving his opinion of a recent television show
2Which of the following shows the probable content of the four shows?
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Part 1 Health; Part 2 Products and Industry; Part 3 Emotions; Part 4 DecisionsPart 1 Blue and Black; Part 2 Red and Orange; Part 3 White and Grey; Part 4 Green and YellowPart 1 Meeting Designers; Part 2 Meeting People who Name Colours; Part 3 Meeting Doctors; Part 4 Meeting ScientistsPart 1 Cleaning Products; Part 2 Make-up; Part 3 Clothes; Part 4 Food
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According to Verity, why is a knowledge of colour important?
It can help you to choose the best products.
It can give you new ideas.
It can help you to change peoples minds.
It can help you to sell products.
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Who does the writer respect least?
Verity Allen
The people who name lipsticks
The Colour Doctor
The scientists who work with mice
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Which of the following would make a good title for the text?
Enjoy it, but dont believe everything.
Another great show from Verity Allen! Five Stars!
Dont miss this if you work in Business!
Watch this programme! It will make you healthy!
Something very strange happened to Tamara. She never knew she had a twin sister until she started university! Tamara was born in Mexico. Her parents could not look after her so she went to live with a family in Manhattan, USA.
When Tamara was twenty years old, she started university in Long Island. She enjoyed her university life. But one day she was walking home from class, and a student smiled at her. Hello Adriana! said the student. Im not Adriana, said Tamara. This happened to Tamara again and again. People Tamara didnt know kept calling her Adriana. It was very strange. One day, when a woman called her Adriana, Tamara asked Why do you keep calling me Adriana? The woman replied, You look like my friend Adriana. You have the same face and the same hair. Is Adriana your sister? Tamara said that she did not have a sister called Adriana. But she was interested in this girl Adriana. Finally she asked someone for Adrianas email address.
When Tamara wrote to Adriana, she found out that they both had the same birthday, they looked the same and both of them were from Mexico. When Tamara went to live with the family in Manhattan, Adriana moved to Long Island to live with a family there. It had to be true! Adriana and Tamara were twin sisters!
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1Tamara and her sister were both born in Mexico.
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2Tamaras parents moved from Mexico to Manhattan.
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3People called Tamara Adriana many times.
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4Adriana wrote to Tamara first.
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5Adriana always knew she had a twin sister.
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6Adriana is Tamaras only sister.
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7Adriana was a student at Long Island University.
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8Adriana had only recently arrived in Long Island.
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