Question

　　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（表现自己）. Dr Alberti, author of “Stand Up, Speak Out, and Talk Back”, think it's because their self-respect is low. “Our whole set-up 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 often gain when they chip 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 course 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 aggressive（敢作敢为的）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 AT uses an even stronger motive（动机）--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 label. But, why should you? AT says you can get to feel good about yourself. And once you do, you can learn to speak out.

(1) The problem the writer talks about is that ________.

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A．some people buy things they don't want

B．some people are afraid of speaking up for their rights

C．there are too many chiefs and not enough “Indians”

D．some people think too highly of themselves

(2) The cause of the problem talked about in this passage is that ________.

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A．some people have a low self-image

B．there is always someone around who “knows better”

C．salesmen talk people into buying things they don't want

D．people don't share enough

(3) The effect of our set-up on people is often to ________.

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A．make them distrust themselves

B．make things more favourable for “superiors”

C．keep them from knowing as much as their “superiors” know

D．help them to learn to speak up for their rights

(4) AT is one solution to the problem in this passage. One thing AT doesn't do is ________.

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A．use the need of people to share

B．show people they have a right to be themselves

C．help people overcome fear

D．help people to assert themselves even if others suffer

Answer 1

答案：B;A;A;D
解析：

(1) 从第一段的一系列问句中可看出，作者要讨论的问题是一些人不敢为自己的权利站起来说话。A只是其中一个表现形式，C和D文中并未提到，所以B正确。 (2) 见第二段第二句，“it's because their self-respect is low.”所以A最接近，B与问题无关，C只是其中一个现象的原因之一，并非本质，D不是下文所述，与problem与关。 (3) 见第二段第三句。，“Our whole set up is designed to make people distrust themselves.”答案A显而易见。 (4) 本题可用排除法来做。A见第四段第三句，B见第三段第三句，C邮文中第四段第二句，只有D在文中未提及，所以答案选D。