1. In Britain, 33% of people chose blue as their favourite colour. ( )2. In Britain, 15% of people chose purple as their number one choice. ( )3. In these countries, more women voted for blue than men. ( )4. In the UK, 40% of women said blue was their favourite colour. ( )
2. Which colour was the world’s favourite colour in this survey?
3. How many countries were covered in the survey? What were they?
Read Paras. 3~5 and mark T or F
When was the survey done?
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1. When was the survey done?
In 2015, a YouGov survey showed that blue was the world’s favourite colour in a series of surveys covering 9 countries across four continents. The polls (民意调查) took place in the UK, Germany, the USA, Australia, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia — in all of them, blue convincingly (无可辩驳地) came out on top.