共用题干 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 can happen in a police interrogation（审讯）room.

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What Is Anthrax（炭疽）?

There's been a lot of talk about anthrax on the news lately.Some people are worried
that anthrax may be connected to terrorist attacks or that terrorists may spread the germ that
_______(1)the disease.Federal officials and police are investigating this and taking
________(2)to protect us.
In the meantime,it's important not to panic over anthrax.The chances that you and
your family________(3)at risk are very tiny.One of the ways you can feel better is to
learn about anthrax.When you know what it is and________(4)you can get it,it
doesn't seem quite as scary.
So,what _______(5)is anthrax?
Here are the facts on anthrax:
Anthrax is a bacterial infection caused by a germ.Although it's most common in farm
_______(6),like sheep,cows,pigs,horses,and goats,there's a very small
chance that people can get it,too.
Anthrax spores（抱子）(a version of the germ in a protective shell that can live in the
soil for years)cause the disease.
People may get anthrax if they are exposed to anthrax_______(7).But here's
the important part:just being exposed to these spores doesn't mean that a person will get
________(8).
For a person to get sick,he would have to breathe in thousands of these spores all the
way into his________(9).Or he'd have to eat meat contaminated with anthrax or
handle_______(10)that has anthrax spores.This may sound scary,but even when
a person comes______(11)contact with the spores,it's unlikely that he'll get sick.
_________(12)the bacteria do not get into the skin,digestive tract,or lung,the
disease won't develop.
Anthrax is not spread from person to person the way the flu can spread from family
member to_________(13)member or classmate to classmate.
Anthrax can almost always be successfully treated with antibiotics（抗生素）.
Anthrax is very rare.Until recently,anthrax wasn't even talked about because it was
so rare一and it still________(14)!Even with all of the anthrax cases you are hearing
about right now,a person's chances of getting anthrax are about the______(15)as
they were before you heard about anthrax on the news一very,very low.

_________(15)
A:case
B: same
C:rate
D: score

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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 can 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 grillings（盘问）is enormous. _________ (1) “The pressure is important to understand,because otherwise it's impossible to understand why someone would say he did something he didn'tdo.The answer is:to put an end to an uncom- fortable situation that will continue until he does confess.”
Developmental psychologist Allison Redlich recently conducted a laboratory study to de- termine how likely people are to confess to things they didn't do.______(2)The research- ers then intentionally crashed the computers and accused the participants of hitting the“alt” key to see if they would sign a statement falsely taking responsibility.
Redlich's findings clearly demonstrate how easy it can be to get people to falsely confess:59% percent of the young adults in the experiment immediately confessed.______(3)of the 15-to 16- year-olds,72 percent signed confessions,as did 78 percent of the 12-to 13-year-olds. “There's no question that young people are more at risk,”says Saul Kassin,Professor at Williams College,who has done similar studies with similar results.______(4)
Both Kassin and Redlich note that the entire“interrogation” in their experiments consis- ted of a simple accusation一not hours of aggressive questioning一and still,most participants falsely confessed.
Because of the stress of a police interrogation,they conclude,suspects can become con- vinced that falsely confessing is the easiest way out of a bad situation.______ (5)

______(3)
A: In her experiment,participants were seated at computers and told not to hit the“alt” key,because doing so would crash the systems.
B:“In some ways,”says Kassin,“false confession becomes a rational decision.”
C: “It's a little like somebody's working on them with a dental（牙的）drill , ” says Frank- lin Zimring,a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley.
D:“But adults are highly vulnerable too.”
E: How could an innocent person admit to doing something he didn't do?
F: Redlich also found that the younger the participant,the more likely a false confession.

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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
can 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 t
he pressure put on suspects during police grillings（盘问）is enormous.________(1)
"The 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 an end to an
uncomfortable situation that will continue until he does confess."
Developmental psychologist Allison Redlich recently conducted a laboratory study to
determine how likely people are to confess to things they didn't do.________(2)The
researchers then intentionally crashed the computers and accused the participants of hitting
the"alt"key to see if they would sign a statement falsely taking responsibility.
Redlich's findings clearly demonstrate how easy it can be to get people to falsely
confess : 59 percent of the young adults in the experiment immediately comfessd.
__________ (3) Of the 15 to 16 year olds, 72 percent signed confessions ,as did 78
percent of the 1 2-to-1 3-year olds.
"There's no question that young people are more at risk, " says Saul Kassin, a
psychology professor at Williams College,who has done similar studies with similar results.
________(4)
Both Kassin and Redlich note that the entire"interrogation"in their experiments
consisted of a simple accusation一not hours of aggressive questioning一and still,most
participants falsely confessed.
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.________(5)

_________（4）
A:In her experiment,participants were seated at computers and told not to hit the"alt" key,because doing so would crash the systems.
B:"In some ways,"says Kassin,"false confession becomes a rational decision."
C:" It's a little like somebody's working on them with a dental（牙齿的）drill," says Franklin Zimring,a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley.
D:"But adults are highly vulnerable too."
E:How could an innocent person admit to doing something he didn't do?
F:Redlich also found that the younger the participant,the more likely a false confession.

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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 can 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 grillings（盘问）is enormous.
______(1) “The 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 an end to an uncomfortable situation that will continue until he does confess.”
Developmental psychologist Allison Redlich recently conducted a laboratory determine how likely people are to confess to things they didn't do.______(2)The researchers then intentionally crashed the computers and accused the participants of hitting the“alt”key to see if they would sign a statement falsely taking responsibility.
Redlich's findings clearly demonstrate how easy it can be to get people to falsely confess:59% percent of the young adults in the experiment immediately confessed.______(3)Of the 15-to 16year-olds,72 percent signed confessions,as did 78 percent of the 12-to 13-year-olds.
“There's no question that young people are more at risk,”says Saul Kassin,Professor at Williams College,who has done similar studies with similar results.______(4)
Both Kassin and Redlich note that the entire“interrogation”in their experiments consis-ted of a simple accusation一not hours of aggressive questioning一and still,most participants falsely confessed.
Because of the stress of a police interrogation,they conclude,suspects can become con-vinced that falsely confessing is the easiest way out of a bad situation.______(5)

______(5)
A:In her experiment,participants were seated at computers and told not to hit the“alt” key,because doing so would crash the systems.
B:“In some ways,”says Kassin,“false confession becomes a rational decision.”
C:“It's a little like somebody's working on them with a dental（牙的）drill, ”says Frank-lin Zimring,a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley.
D:“But adults are highly vulnerable too.”
E:How could an innocent person admit to doing something he didn't do?
F:Redlich also found that the younger the participant,the more likely a false confession

The next time you try for a high-ranking post,you could let your possible boss listen to a recommending（推荐）phone call"made"by US President Ceorge W.Bush or British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Of course,neither of them could really do that for you--you would just"borrow"their voices.
AT&T labs will start selling speech software that it says is so good at reproducing the sounds of a human voice that it can recreate voices and even bring the voices of long-dead famous people back to life.
The software,which turns printed text into speech,makes it possible for a company to use recordings of a person′s voice to say things that the person never actually said.
Possible customers for the software,which is priced in the thousands of dollars,includes telephone call centers,companies that make software that reads digital（数字的）files aloud,and makers of automated voice devices（装置）.The advances raise several problems.Who,for example,owns the rights to a famous person′s voice?Some experts even believe that new contracts（合同）will be drawn that include voice-licensing clauses.
"And although scientists say the technology is not yet good enough to commit fraud（假冒）,would the synthesized（合成的）voices at last be able to trick people into thinking that they were getting phone calls or digital audio recordings from people they know?
Even Mr Fruchterman,one of AT&T labs′possible first customers,said he wondered what the new technology might bring."Just like you can′t trust a photograph any more."he said,"you won′t be able to trust a voice either."

With the help of the speech software it is most possible

A.to improve a famous person's speech
B.to say what you want in another's voice
C.to make a speech much more easily
D.to help you to find a better job

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第三篇

No one knows exactly how many disabled people there are in the world,but estimates suggest the figure is over 450 million.The number of disabled people in India alone is probably more than double the total population of Canada.
In the United Kingdom,about one in ten people have some disability. Disability is not just something that happens to other people.As we get older,many of us will become less mobile,hard of hearing or have failing eyesight.
Disablement can take many forms and happen at any time of life.Some people are born with disabilities.Many others become disabled as they get older. There are many progressive disabling diseases.The longer time goes on,the worse they become.Some people are disabled in accidents. Many others may have disability in the form of a mental illness.All are affected by people's attitude towards them.
Disabled people face many physical barriers.Next time you go shopping or to work or visit friends,imagine what would you do if you could not get up steps,or on to buses and trains?What would you do if you could not see where you were going or could not hear the traffic?But there are other barriers:prejudice（偏见）can be even harder to break down and ignorance represents by far the greatest barrier of all.It is almost impossible for the able-bodied to fully understand what the disabled go through,so it is important to draw attention to these barriers and show that it is the individual person and their ability,not their disability,which counts.

The last word of the passage "counts" most probably means________.
A:is most important
B:is considered
C:is included
D:is numbered

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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
can 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 grillings（盘问）is enormous.__________
(1)"The 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
an end to an uncomfortable situation that will continue unti!he does confess."
Developmental psychologist Allison Redlich recently conducted a laboratory study to
determine how likely people are to confess to things they didn't do._________(2)The
researchers then intentionally crashed the computers and accused the participants of hitting
the "alt" key to see if they would sign a statement falsely taking responsibility.
Redlich's findings clearly demonstrate how easy it can be to get people to falsely
confess:59 percent of the young adults in the experiment immediately confessed.
________(3)Of the 15-to 16-year-olds,72 percent signed confessions,as did 78
percent of the 12-to 13-year-olds.
"There's no question that young people are more at risk,"says Saul Kassin,a
psychology professor at Williams College,who has done similar studies with similar results.
________ (4)
Both Kassin and Redlich note that the entire"interrogation"in their experiments
consisted of a simple accusation一not hours of aggressive questioning一and still,most
participants falsely confessed.
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.________(5)

_________（3）
A:In her experiment,participants were seated at computers and told not to hit the "alt" key,because doing 50 would crash the systems.
B:"In some ways,"says Kassin,"false confession becomes a rational decision."
C: "It's a little like somebody's working on them with a dental（牙齿的）drill,"says Franklin Zimring,a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley.
D:"But adults are highly vulnerable too·”
E:How could an innocent person admit to doing something he didn't do?
F:Redlich also found that the younger the participant,the more likely a false confession.

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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 can 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 grillings（盘问）is enormous. ________ (1)“The 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 an end to an uncom-fortable situation that will continue until he does confess.”
Developmental psychologist Allison Redlich recently conducted a laboratory study to de- termine how likely people are to confess to things they didn't do.______(2)The research-ers then intentionally crashed the computers and accused the participants of hitting the“alt” key to see if they would sign a statement falsely taking responsibility.
Redlich's findings clearly demonstrate how easy it can be to get people to falsely con- fess:59% percent of the young adults in the experiment immediately confessed. ______(3) of the 15-to 16-year-olds,72 percent signed confessions,as did 78 percent of the 12-to 13- year-olds.
“There's no question that young people are more at risk,”says Saul Kassin,Professor at Williams College,who has done similar studies with similar results.______(4)
Both Kassin and Redlich note that the entire“interrogation” in their experiments consis-ted of a simple accusation一not hours of aggressive questioning一and still,most participants falsely confessed.
Because of the stress of a police interrogation,they conclude,suspects can become con- vinced that falsely confessing is the easiest way out of a bad situation. ______(5)

_______(5)
A: In her experiment,participants were seated at computers and told not to hit the“alt” key,because doing so would crash the systems.
B:“In some ways,”says Kassin,“false confession becomes a rational decision.”
C: “It's a little like somebody's working on them with a dental（牙的）drill , ” says Frank- lin Zimring,a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley.
D:“But adults are highly vulnerable too.”
E: How could an innocent person admit to doing something he didn't do?
F: Redlich also found that the younger the participant,the more likely a false confession.

We can make mistakes at any age.Some mistakes we make are about money.But most mistakes?are about people."Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?When I got that great job,did Jim really feel good about it,as a friend?Or did he envy my luck?"When we look back,doubts?like these can make us feel bad.But when we look back,it′s too late.
Why do we go wrong about our friends or our enemies?Sometimes what people say hides their?real meaning.And if we don′t really listen closely we miss the feeling behind the words.Suppose?someone tells you,"You′re a lucky dog."That′s being friendly.But"lucky dog"?There′s a bit?of envy in those words.Maybe he doesn′t see it himself.But bringing in the"dog"puts you down a?little.What he may be saying is that he doesn′t think you deserve your luck.
"Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for"is another noise that says one thing and?means another.It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole.But is be?Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn′t important.It′s telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven′t got a date for Saturday night.How can you tell the real meaning behind someone′s words?One way is to take a good look at?the person talking.Do his words fit the way he looks?Does what he says agree with the tone of?voice?His posture?The look in his eyes?Stop and think.The minute you spend thinking about the?real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.

According to the author′,the reason why we go wrong about our friends is that

A.we fail to listen carefully when they talk
B.people tend to be annoyed when we check what they say
C.people usually state one thing but mean another
D.we tend to doubt What.our friends say

The next time you try for a high-ranking post,you could let your possible boss listen to a recommending（推荐）phone call"made"by US President Ceorge W.Bush or British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Of course,neither of them could really do that for you--you would just"borrow"their voices.
AT&T labs will start selling speech software that it says is so good at reproducing the sounds of a human voice that it can recreate voices and even bring the voices of long-dead famous people back to life.
The software,which turns printed text into speech,makes it possible for a company to use recordings of a person′s voice to say things that the person never actually said.
Possible customers for the software,which is priced in the thousands of dollars,includes telephone call centers,companies that make software that reads digital（数字的）files aloud,and makers of automated voice devices（装置）.The advances raise several problems.Who,for example,owns the rights to a famous person′s voice?Some experts even believe that new contracts（合同）will be drawn that include voice-licensing clauses.
"And although scientists say the technology is not yet good enough to commit fraud（假冒）,would the synthesized（合成的）voices at last be able to trick people into thinking that they were getting phone calls or digital audio recordings from people they know?
Even Mr Fruchterman,one of AT&T labs′possible first customers,said he wondered what the new technology might bring."Just like you can′t trust a photograph any more."he said,"you won′t be able to trust a voice either."

If the speech software were widely used,

A.people would no longer believe each other
B.it would not be necessary to go for a speech by a famous person
C.no radio or TV broadcasters would be needed
D.recording of a voice alone would not be taken as a proof in the court