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’ 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.
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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 AT 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 _____.
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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
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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.
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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 life 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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大学英语三期末试卷阅读理解
