79.The author wrote this article       .

    A.to explain why bystanders behave as they do B.to urge people to stand out when in need

    C.to criticize the selfishness of bystanders   D.to analyze the weakness of human nature

答案  76.A  77.C  78.D  79.A

Passage 81

(06·广东B卷C篇)

Members of the working class have blue-collar jobs. They are construction workers, truck drivers, mechanics, steel workers, electricians, and the like. What makes this class differ from the lower class is, first, longer periods of employment--and therefore, more fixed incomes-and, second, employment in skilled or semiskilled (半熟练的 ) occupations, not unskilled ones. Although unemployment hits all levels of the American economy, including those of skilled and semi-skilled workers, it is most common at the bottom of the class structure and increasingly less common at each level upward. They consider themselves to be respectable and hard working and they look down upon members of the "lower" class, whom they often consider to be lazy, dishonest, and too ready to exploit public assistance.                       

    Most people in the working class have at least high school education. Many have some experience of college ( especially community college), though few are college graduates. Unionization has helped the working class, but a rapidly changing economy and frequent periods of high unemployment make it difficult for most of its members to be able to increase their savings greatly. Purchasing a house for people in this class is extremely difficult, although a certain percentage may receive houses from their parents.(Home-owning rises with social class.)

    A greater number of the members of the working class take relatively little satisfaction in their jobs, because much of their work is ordinary and boring. As a result, many seek their main satisfaction in recreational ( 娱乐的) activities. Many members of this class would like to earn enough money to leave their jobs and start their own businesses, though few make it. Many place their expectations on their children, hoping that they at least will rise in the ladder of success, American style.

68.What is probably the best title for the passage?

    A.Cara Lang, a Fortunate Girl  

B.Take Our Daughters to Work Day

    C.Children’s Day and Work Day

D.Ms. Foundation, an Organization for Women

答案  65.C  66.C  67.B  68.B

Passage 80

(06·上海D篇)

The “Bystander  Apathy  Effect” was first studied by researchers in New York after

neighbours ignored-and in some cases turned up the volume on their TVs-the cries of a woman as she was murdered (over a half-hour period). With regard to helping those in difficulty generally, they found that .

(1)women are helped more than men;

(2)men help more than women;

(3)attractive women are helped more than unattractive women.

Other factorsrelate to the number of people in the area, whether the person is thought to be in trouble through their own fault, and whether a person sees himself as being able to help.

According to Adrian Furnham, Professor Of University College, London, there are three reasons why we tend to stand by doing nothing:

(1) “Shifting of responsibility”-the more people there are, the less likely help is to be given. Each person excuses himself by thinking someone else will help, so that the more “other people’ there are ,the greater the total shifting of responsibility.”

(2) “Fear of making a mistake”-situations are often not clear. People think that those involved in an accident may know each other or it may be a joke, so a fear of embarrassment makes them keep themselves to them selves.

(3) “Fear of the conse quences if attention is turned on you, and the person is violent.”

Laurie Taylor, Professor of Sociology at London University, says: “In the experiments I’ve seen on intervention(介入), much depends on the neighborhood or setting, There is a silence on public transport which is hard to break. We are embarrassed to draw attention to something that is happening, while in a football match, people get involved, and a fight would easily follow.”

Psyhotherapist Alan Dupuy identifies the importance of the individual: “The British as a whole have some difficulty intervening, but there are exceptional individuals in every group who are prepared to intervene, regardless of their own safety : These would be people with a strong moral code or religious ideals.”

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