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2004年职称英语理工类A级考试试题及答案

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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 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． (46)“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 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. (47)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. (48) 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 . (49)

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．”

(50)“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：

46．C 47．A 48．F 49．D 50．B

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