世界上最受欢迎的颜色——马尔斯绿

                                                                                               

It is the world’s favorite color—but nobody can decide whether it is actually blue or green. The color was chosen after a six-month global survey and named Marrs green, after Annie Marrs, a UNESCO(联合国教科文组织) worker from Dundee.
Miss Marrs said she picked the color to match the rich blue, gray and green tones which “dance” on the River Tay, in her home city.
People are invited to select their favorite color online. The results of 30,000 people across 100 countries were then combined to find out which was the most popular, and Miss Marrs’ color was the closest to the overall consensus.
But color experts said although the color has been called green, it would not be incorrect to view it as blue. It's one of those that could be either green or blue depending on who you ask.

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1.Which one of the following is the world’s favorite color?

A Blue.

B Green.

C Marrs blue.

D Marrs green.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第一段第二句The color was chosen after a six-month global survey and named Marrs green, after Annie Marrs, a UNESCO(联合国教科文组织) worker from Dundee.可知这个颜色是经过为期6个月的全球调查后选出来的，以英国邓迪市的一位联合国教科文组织职员安妮·马尔斯的名字命名，称为“马尔斯绿”，故选D。

2.Why did Miss Marrs choose the color?

A She liked the beautiful color.

B She thought the color was special.

C The color could be called blue or green.

D The color match tones which “dance” on the River Tay.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第二段Miss Marrs said she picked the color to match the rich blue, gray and green tones which “dance” on the River Tay, in her home city.可知马尔斯小姐说，她选择这一颜色是因为这个颜色最贴近家乡泰河水面上“舞动”的浓烈的蓝色、灰色和绿色色调，故选D。

3.How many people took part in the survey?

A 100.

B 130.

C 30,000.

D 130,000.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第三段第二句 The results of 30,000 people across 100 countries were then combined to find out which was the most popular, and Miss Marrs’ color was the closest to the overall consensus.可知有3万人参加了调查，故选C。

4.Is it incorrect to call Marrs green blue?

A Yes, it is.

B Of course, it is.

C Maybe, it isn’t.

D No, it isn’t.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第四段第一句But color experts said although the color has been called green, it would not be incorrect to view it as blue.可知不过，颜色专家称，尽管这个颜色一直被叫作绿色，但将其算作蓝色也不算错，故选D。

5.What's the best title of the passage?

A The Magic Color

B A Boring Activity

C The World’s Favorite Color

D A Six-month Global Survey

解析：选C。文章标题题。根据全文可知文章主要围绕全世界人们最喜爱的颜色展开叙述，故选C。