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Languages divide the spectrum up in different ways. Welsh speakers use “gwyrdd” (pronounced “goo-irrrth”) as a general word for green. Yet “grass” literally translates as “blue straw.” That is because the Welsh word for blue (“glas”) can accommodate all shades of green. English-speaking anthropologists affectionately squish “green” and “blue” together to call Welsh an example of a “grue” language. A few of them think grue languages are spoken by societies that live up mountains or near the equator because ultraviolet radiation, which is stronger in such places, causes a progressive yellowing of the lens. This, the theory goes, makes the eye less sensitive to short wavelengths (those that correspond to the green and blue parts of the spectrum). Unfortunately, though the Welsh do live in a hilly country, it is hardly mountainous enough—let alone sunny enough—to qualify. The ultraviolet theory, however, is just one idea among many in the debate about the psychology of color. Like many debates in psychology, this one pits congenital, fundamentally generic, explanations against explanations that rely on environmental determinism. Psychologists in the former camp think people are born with ingrained ideas about how hues are grouped. They believe the brain is preconditioned to pick out the six colors on a Rubik’s cube whatever tongue it is taught to think in. The other camp, by contrast, thinks that the spectrum can be chopped into categories anywhere along its length. Moreover, they suspect that the language an individual learns from his/her parents is the main explanation for where that chopping takes place.
【題組】According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
(A)“Grass” in Welsh is “gwyrdd.”
(B)Ultraviolet radiation is weaker in mountainous areas.
(C)Stronger ultraviolet radiation would cause a progressive yellowing of the lens.
(D)People who live near the equator tend to learn Welsh fast.


答案:C
難度: 簡單
1F
Chun Jen Wan 高二上 (2012/03/28)

根據短文下面的語句這是真的

(A)在威爾士草”gwyrdd

(B)紫外線輻射山區

(C)較強紫外線照射會導致一個鏡頭逐漸變黃

(D)住在赤道附近的人傾向於學習威爾士


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