2004年职称英语等级考试试题答案及题解
理工类(A级)7
第5部分：补全短文 (第46-50题，每题2分，共10分) 阅读下面的短文，文章中有5处空白，文章后面有6组文字，请根据文章的内容选择
5组文字，将其分别放回文章原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位
置上。
Why Would They Falsely Confess?
Why on earth would an innocent person falsely confess to committing a crime? To most
people，it just doesn't seem logical．But it is logical，say experts。if you understand what call
happen in a police interrogation(审讯)room． Under the right conditions，people's minds are susceptible(易受影响的)to influence，and
the pressure put on suspects during police questioning is enormous． (46)\
pressure is important to understand，because otherwise it's
impossible to understand why
someone would say he did something he didn't do．The answer is：to put all end to an
uncomfortable situation that will continue until he does confess．
Developmental psychologist Mary Redlich recently conducted a laboratory study to
determine how likely people are to confess to things they didn't do. (47)the
researchers then intentionally crashed the computers and accused the participants of hitting
\taking responsibility．
Redlich's findings clearly demonstrate how easy it can be to get people to falsely
59 percent of the young adults in the experiment immediately confessed. (48) Of
the 15-to 16-year-olds，72 percent signed confessions，as 13-year-olds．
\，\，a psychology
professor at Williams College，who has done similar studies
with similar . (49)
Both Kassin and Redlich note that the entire ''interrogation\
of a simple accusation-not hours of aggressive questioning--and still，most participants falsely
decision．\
(50)\，\，\a rational
A In her experiment，participants were seated at computers and told not to hit the\
because doing So would crash the systems． B Because of the stress of a police interrogation，they conclude，suspects can become
convinced that falsely confessing is the easiest way out of a bad situation．
C \dental(牙齿) drill,\
Zimring，a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley．
D\too．\
E The court found him innocent and he was released．
F Redlich also found that the younger the participant，the more likely a false confession．
第6部分：完形填空 (第51--~65题，每题1分，共15分) 阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从
4个选项中选择1个答案，涂在答题卡相应的位置上。 The Greatest Mystery Of Whales
The whale is a warm-blooded，air-breathing animal，giving birth to its young alive，sucking
them--and，like all mammals，originated on land．There are many
front flippers(鳍状肢)，used for steering and stability, are traces of feet．
(51)of this．Its
Immense strength is--(52)into the great body of the big whales，and in fact most
of a whale's body is one gigantic muscle．The blue whale's pulling strength has been estimated
(53)400 horsepower．One specimen was reported to have towed(拖)a whaling
vessel for seven hours at the (54) of eight knot (节). An angry whale will (55) A famous example of this was the
fate of
Whaler Essex, (56)was sunk off the coast of South America early in the last century．
More recently, steel ships have (57)their plates buckled(使弯曲)in the same way．
Sperm whales(抹香鲸)were known to seize the old-time whaleboats in their jaws and crush
Them.
The greatest (58)of whales is their diving ability．The sperm whale dives to the
Bottom for his (59)food，the octopus(章鱼)．In that search he is known to go as far
Down as 3,200 feet, where the． (60)is 1,400 pounds，to a square inch．Doing so he
Will (61)underwater long as one hour．Two special skills are involved in this
storing up enough (62)(all whales are air-breathed)and tolerating the great change
in pressure．Just how he does it scientists have not (63)．It is believed that some of
the oxygen is stored in a special (64)of blood vessels，rather than just held in the
2004年职称英语等级考试试题答案及题解理工类(A级)7
