二、翻译下列词组
1. 让我们感到昏昏欲睡 ______
2. 给我们的身心带来平静 ______
3. 被刷成蓝色 ______
4. 在婚礼上穿白色 ______
5. 更喜欢暖色来…… ______
6. 营造温暖舒适的感觉 ______
7. 对……有所帮助 ______
8. 做某事有困难 ______
9. 使得采取行动更容易 ______
10. 让某人想起某事 ______
11. 希望成功 ______
12. 累得难以动弹 ______

三、用方框中所给单词和词组的适当形式填空
attention　minds　green　either ... or　require strength　influence　create　whether　not only ... but　cheer sb up
Many studies show colours can (1) appetite (食欲). You may wonder (2) it is true. I am a mother of two kids. I want my kids to love food, so I am always trying to (3) eye-catching plates of food for them. An attractive (吸引人的) meal is (4) about how food tastes, about how it smells and how it looks. Before kids taste their food, they see it. An attractive plate of food catches their (5) and excites their (6) and tongues for what they will taste. There are two easy ways. You can (7) use a lot of different colours work with just one colour like red and orange. Some days, I say “It’s Orange Day today because it’s rainy and we need something to (8)!” or “Today, it’s Red Day because we (9) in our body and mind.” or “Today is (10) Day because we are celebrating spring!” However, I never use just blue or black. They make them lose appetite.

( ) 1. If the National Flag of Canada is 3 metres long, it must be ______ metres wide.
A. 3　　　B. 1.5　　　C. 6　　　D. 2
( ) 2. When did Canada have its own national flag?
A. In 1860.　　B. In 1921.　　C. In 1964.　　D. In 1965.
( ) 3. Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?
A. In 1925 and 1946, the Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King failed to get a national flag of Canada accepted.
B. George Stanley, a professor from the Royal Military College, designed the National Flag of Canada.
C. The red and the white were announced the official colours of Canada in 1860 in decorations for the visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada.
D. In the early days, the Royal Union Flag was accepted in British North America.
( ) 4. What does the underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refer to?
A. The officials of the government.
B. The professors from the Royal Military College.
C. The members of the 1946 committee.
D. The members of the 1964 committee.
( ) 5. The passage is mainly about ______.
A. the designer of the National Flag of Canada
B. the history of the National Flag of Canada
C. the meaning of the National Flag of Canada
D. why the red and white single maple leaf was chosen as the design for the National Flag of Canada