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高二限时训练 班次 姓名 一、阅读 About ten men in every hundred suffer from color blindness in some way. Women are luckier，only about one in two hundred is affected in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman. There are different forms of color blindness. In some cases a man may not be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shades of green. Sometimes a person cannot tell the difference between blue and green. In rare cases an unlucky man see everything in shades of green—a strange world indeed. Color blindness in human beings is a strange thing to explain. In a single eye there are millions of very small things called cones. These help us to see in a bright and tell difference between colors. There are also millions of rods , but these are used for seeing when it is nearly dark. They show us shape but no color. Some insects have favorite colors. Mosquitoes(蚊子) like blue but do not like yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue lamp will. In a similar way human being also have favorite colors. Yet we are lucky. With the aid of the cones（视维细胞） in our eyes we can see many beautiful colors by day, and with the aid of the rods we can see shapes at night, One day we may even learn more about the invisible colors around us. 1 This passage is mainly about [来源:Z|xx|k.Com] A. color and its surprising effects B. women being luckier than men C. danger caused by color blindness D. color blindness 2 . According to the passage, with the help of the cones, we can A. tell different colours B. see in a weak light C. tell different shapes D. tell orange from yellow 3 Why do some people say it is safer to be driven by women? A. Women are more careful. B. There are fewer color-blind women.[来源:学+科+网] C. Women are fonder of driving than men. D. Women are weaker but quicker in thinking. 4. Which of the statements about the color-blind is