What do you think of black cats？Are they unluckier than cats of other colors？Many people in Western countries think so．Scientists at the University of California，Berkeley（UC Berkeley），did a study on cat colors and people’s understandings of cat characters．

The study found that people do judge（判斷）cat characters by color．Scientists did a survey on the Internet．There were 49 statements（描述）matching five cat colorings with 10 personalities．People think orange and bi-colored（雙色的）cats are friendly，tri-colored（三色的）cats are not kind，and white cats are calm，lazy and shy．As for black cats，people think they don’t have special characters．

But why do so many people dislike keeping black cats as pets？People think black cats have less special characters，which might be because of their bad reputation（口碑）．They think black cats may bring bad luck，especially at Halloween．Movies and television shows also make people believe that．

Although people have these ideas，UC Berkeley scientists give another reason：people don’t think black cats are pretty enough．After all，nothing can show black cats are unluckier than other cats．“You cant judge a cat by its color，because it’s the character of the cat，not the color，that will let you know if the cat is right for you，”Cathy Marden，a scientist said．

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1.Many people in Western countries may think black cats are ．

A.lovely animals B.of bad luck C.of good luck D.unfriendly animals

2.The main idea of Paragraph 2 is that ．

A.people are often unhappy to see black cats on the Internet

B.people think cats of different colors have different characters

C.black cats are less popular than other cats

D.the study is a great success

3.According to the study，people think that ．

A.black cats have special characters B.orange and bi-colored cats are unkind

C.cats with three colors are friendly D.white cats are calm，lazy and shy

4.People don' t like black cats for the following reasons EXCEPT ．

A.black cats often appear in TV shows B.black cats may bring bad luck to people

C.black cats have bad reputations D.they don' t think black cats are beautiful

5.The passage mainly talks about ．

A.why black cats are popular in movies B.why people don’t like to keep black cats as pets

C.different color cats have different characters D.different people have different ideas on black cats

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