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19 According to the passage, why do passports normally come in dark shades?
(A) To show patriotism and respect their own history.
(B) To coordinate with passports of other countries.
(C) To look formal in the international arena.
(D) To fit in with the multicultural world.
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統計： A(86), B(111), C(649), D(46), E(0) #1984735
統計： A(86), B(111), C(649), D(46), E(0) #1984735
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Just as a passport護照 represents代表 national sovereignty主權—it is one of the defining定義 categories種類 of a claim宣稱 to statehood國家地位—so harmonizing协调 passports is a sign of cooperation合作.
That can be a slow process. It took the nine members of the-then European Community歐洲聯盟(now the 27-strong European Union) years to settle on the color of the passport cover that its member states now share.
In 1976, a year after a uniform一致 passport was first proposed提議, Britain英國 shuddered戰慄 at the suggested shade of delicate精細 lilac丁香紫色.
Diplomats外交官 then spent four years dismissing摒棄 maroon紫褐色 and then purple before reaching a wine葡萄酒-colored consensus共識 in 1981.
America’s first passport cover, in 1918, was beige米色, going green three years later.
It changed to various shades of red in 1926 and back to green in 1941.
Only on the bicentenary200週年 in 1976 did it turn blue, matching the shade in the American flag.
The common color was supposed to make European passports instantly立即 recognizable可識別.
But since colors cannot be patented專利權, nothing stops others with the same idea.
Some countries that hoped to join the EU quickly adopted採用 the right color of passport as a branding品牌化 exercise.
In South America the Andean Community安第斯集團, which once had EU-like aspirations志向, also favors wine-colored passports.
Mercosur南方共同市場 and Caricom加勒比共同體, two other regional地區的 groupings, favor an American-style dark blue.
Countries commonly pick colors that reflect their culture or religion, says Claire Burrows of De La Rue, a British company that has been making passports since 1915.
Islamic伊斯蘭教countries often have green passport covers (though雖然 Germany’s passport used to be that color, as are those of members of the Economic Community of West African States西非国家经济共同体).
According to Bill Waldron of Holliston, a Tennessee田纳西州-based firm公司、商号 that prints documents for 65 of the world’s 249 passport-issuing發行 entities實體, darker colors are popular because they show dirt less, heighten增強、加強 the contrast with對比 the crest顶饰 and look more official—much as police wear dark uniforms.
Interpol國際刑警組織—one of a handful少數 of international organizations with passport-issuing powers—provides evidence for that theory: its new travel document is black.
The UN’s passport, like the helmets of its peacekeeping force, is a pacific太平洋 blue.
Fun-colored passports exist too.
But they can sometimes seem a punishment: Sweden and the Netherlands荷蘭 issue emergency travel documents for nationals who have lost their passports. They are pink.
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