综合类:补全短文Why Would They Falsely
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.______(1)“The pressure is important to understand,because otherwise its 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. ______ (2)the researchers then intentionally crashed the computers and accused the participants of hitting “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 59 percent of the young adults in the experiment immediately confessed. ______(3) Of the 15-to 16-year-olds,72 percent signed confessions,as 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 .______(4) Both Kassin and Redlich note that the entire ‘‘interrogation” in their experiments consisted of a simple accusation-not hours of aggressive questioning--and still,most participants falsely decision.”______(5)“In some ways,”says Kassin,“false confession becomes a rational
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 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 “It’s a little like somebody’s working on them with a dental(牙齿) drill,” says Franklin Zimring,a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley.
D “But the baseline is that adults are highly vulnerable 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.
参考答案: C A F D B
答案解析:
1.正确答案为C.这一段谈的是pressure方面的事,请注意在这个空格后面是一段引言,但没有原说话人的名字,这也给我们提示,在填入部分里应该有原说话人的名字。可以考虑的B、C、F三个选项, 但从内容上考虑应该选c.
2.正确答案为A.这里填入的部分是对Redlich所做试验的描述,下文又讲到计算机,所以不难选定A.
3.正确答案为F.这一段讲的是Redlich试验的结果,一开始就讲了她的finding.填入的部分里有also这个词,正好接上。而后面的一句话则用更具体的数据来支持她的结论:越年轻,越可能做假供。
4.正确答案为D.Saul Kassin同意Redlich的结果,她认为年轻人风险大(more at risk),但同时她又认为成年人也十分脆弱(vulnerable)。
5.正确答案为B.由于在审讯过程中受到的压力,许多人认为做假供是一种摆脱厄境的方法,因此也是一种合理的决定。