The colour red - Test 3

C2 Proficiency · Listening Sentence Completion · Cambridge English Proficiency 2, Cambridge University Press

You will hear a radio presenter called Tom Lee describing the psychological effects of the colour red on humans and animals. For questions 1–9, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.

competitions got more points when they wore red.

Psychologists at a British university found those taking part in

behaves.

Tom says it is becoming increasingly clear that colours affect how the human

when she discovered how colours were assigned in some Olympic events.

Anthropologist Ella Beecham identified a possible

Beecham found wearing red affected results most when wrestlers were what is referred to as

has an unconscious preference for red.

Beecham believes that unexpected results may occur when a

had a favourable effect on those playing in the same team.

Beecham investigated whether different levels of

to describe the meaning that red often has in nature.

Tom uses the words

when a red vehicle was nearby.

Fish in an aquarium behaved in a way normally reserved for encounters with

of the male in cases of possible conflict.

In mandrill monkeys, red signifies the

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