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III. Reading Comprehension (40%)
There are 4 reading
passages in this part. Each passage
Direction
：
is
followed by some questions or unfinished
statements. For each of them
there are
four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should
decide on the
best choice and mark the
corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a
single line through the center.
Passage One
Have
you
ever
been
afraid
to
talk
back
when
you
were
treated
unfairly?
Have
you
ever
bought
something
just
because
the
salesman
talked you into it?
Are you afraid to ask someone for a date?
Many people are afraid to assert
themselves(
坚持己见
). Dr.
Alberti,
author of Stand Up, Speak Out,
and Talk Back, thinks it
?
s
because their
self-
esteem(
自尊
) is low.
“
Our whole set up
(
体制
) is designed to make
people
distrust
themselves,
”
says
Alberti.
“
There
?
s
always
?
superior<
/p>
?
around
—
a
parent,
a
teacher,
a
boss
—
who
?
knows
better
?
.
These
superiors(
上级，长官
)
often
gain
when
they
chip
(
削弱
)
away
at
your
self-image.
”
But Alberti and other scientists are
doing something to help people
assert
themselves.
They offer “assertiveness
training” courses —
AT for
short.
In
the
AT
courses
people
learn
that
they
have
a
right
to
be
themselves.
They learn to speak out and feel good about doing
so. They
learn to be more aggressive
(
敢闯
,
闯劲儿
) without hurting other
people.
In one way, learning to speak
out is to overcome fear. A group taking
an AT course will help the timid person
to lose his fear. But A
T uses an
even stronger motive
—
the need to share. The
timid person speaks out in
the group
because he wants to tell how he feels.
Whether
or
not
you
speak
up
for
yourself
depends
on
your
self-image. If someone you face is more
“
important
”
than you, you may
feel less of a
person. You start to doubt your own good sense.
You go by the other
person
?
s demand. But, why
should you? AT says
you can get to feel
good about yourself. And once you do, you can
learn
to speak out.
51.
As used in the first line, the phrase
“talk back” means _____.
A.
to persuade somebody to change his mind
B. to answer showing disagreement
C. to talk and go back
D. to
fight bravely
52. The passage mainly
discusses the problem that _____.
A.
people are easily cheated when they buy something.
B. some people are afraid of superiors.
C. some people are too easy-going.
D. some people dare not
stick up for their own rights.
53. We
may infer from the passage that the
author
?
s attitude towards
the whole set up is _____.
A. positive
B.
negative
C. hostile
(
敌对的
)
D. appreciative
54.
One thing that “Assertiveness Training”
does not do is _____.
A.
helping people overcome fear
B. showing
people they have a right to be themselves
C. helping people to assert themselves
even if others suffer
D. helping people
to feel good about themselves
55. What
is the passage mainly about?
A. The
training in helping people assert themselves.
B. Development of self-respect.
C. The importance of self-image.
D. How to feel good about yourself.
Passage Two
Real
policemen
hardly
recognize
any
resemblance
between
their
lives and what they see on TV
——
if they ever
get home in time. There
are
similarities, of course, but the policemen don?t
think
much of them.
The
first difference is that a policemen?s real life
centers around the
law. Most of his
training is in criminal law. He has to know
exactly what
actions are crimes and
what evidence can be used to prove them in court.
He has to know nearly as much law as a
professional lawyer, and what is
more,
he has to apply it on his feet, in the dark and
rain, running down a
narrow street
after someone he wants to talk to.
Little of
his
time
is
spent
in
chatting to pretty
girls
or in dramatic
confrontations
(
对峙
)
with
desperate(
绝望的
)
criminals.
He
will
spend
most
of his working life typing millions of words on
thousands of forms
about
hundreds
of
sad,
unimportant
people
who
are guilty
——
or
not
——
of stupid, minor crimes.
Most television crime drama is about
finding the criminal: as soon as
he?s
arrested,
the
story
is
over,
in
real
life,
finding
criminals
is
seldom
much
of
a
problem.
Except
in
very
serious
cases
like
murders
and
terrorist
attacks
——
where
failure
to
produce
results
reflects
on
the
fame of the police
——
little effort
is spent on searching.
Having made an
arrest, a detective (
侦探
)
really starts to work. He
has to prove
his case in court and, to do that, he often has to
gather a lot
of different evidence. So,
as well as being overworked, a detective has to
be out at all hours of the day and
night interviewing his
witness
（证人）
and
persuading them, usually against their own
interests, to help him.
56. What does
the first paragraph tell us about policemen?
A.
They often watch TV
.
B. They
like watching TV
.
C. They
are too busy to watch TV.
D. They hate
seeing themselves on TV
.
57.
Why does the writer mention a lawyer in the second
paragraph
？
A.
To compare a lawyer?s with
policemen?s
.
B. To emphasize
that policemen are physically strong.
C.
To show that a lawyer?s
job is more comfortable
.
D.
To
indicate
that
a
lawyer?s
job
is
less
important
than
a
policeman?s
.
58.
What do real policemen do at work?
A.
They often deal with robbers and thieves.
B. They talk with a lot of victims and
visitors.
C. The usually stay in their
office studying cases.
D.
They don?t deal with serious crimes
very often
.
59. What does
the passage say about a detective?
A.
His job is to make arrests.
B. He is
good at finding criminals.
C. He visits
and helps his witnesses.
D. He has to
prove his case in court.
60. What is the main idea of the
passage?
A. It is hard for policemen to
do their job well.
B.
Real
policemen?s lif
e is different from what
is shown on TV
.
C. Policemen
are people that we admire and respect.
D. Policemen keep in touch with a lot
of people.
Passage Three
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