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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. ____ (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 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. ____ (47) ____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. ____ (48) ____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. ____ (49) ____a psychology 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 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. ____ (50) ____

请在第____处填上正确答案。

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 falseconfession.

参考答案:C 系统解析:

【解析】从原文来看，空白处前一句说的是“在警察盘问时，嫌犯受到的压力是非常大的”，而空白处后面是一段引言，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8、C、F三个选项，但从内容上考虑应该选C。 47

请在第__(47)__处填上正确答案。

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 falseconfession.

参考答案:A 系统解析:【解析】空白处前的句子说的是“Redlich做了一个实验来判定人们如何坦白他们没有做过的事情”，空白处的句子讲的是实验的过程，所以空白处填入的也应该是Redlich所做试验的描述，下文又讲到计算机，所以不难选定A(在她的实验中，参与者坐在电脑前并被告诉不能敲击“Alt”键，因为这样做会破坏系统)。 48

请在第__(48)__处填上正确答案。

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 falseconfession.

参考答案:F 系统解析:【解析】这一段讲的是Redlich试验的结果，空白处前的句子讲的是“59%的年轻人在实验中立即坦白”，空白处之后的句子说的是“l5到l6岁的参与者，72%的参与者在供词上签字，而在12到13岁的参与者中，78%的在供词上签字”。由此可知空白处谈的还是年轻人参与实验的情况，所以选择F(Redlich也发现参加者年纪越小，则越可能做假供)，该句与后面句子中的数据保持一致。 49

请在第__(49)__处填上正确答案。

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 falseconfession.

参考答案:D 系统解析:【解析】空白处前面讲的是Saul Kassin同意Redlich的结果，认为年轻人风险大，空白处后面的句子讲的针对指控的审问，很多参与者都做了假供，所以答案为D(成年人也很脆弱)。 50

请在第__(50)__处填上正确答案。

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 falseconfession.

参考答案:B 系统解析:【解析】空白处前一句谈到“由于在审讯过程中受到的压力，所以嫌犯开始认为做假供是脱离糟糕处境的最容易的方式”，因而后面的句子继续讨论做假供的问题，所以答案选择B(“从某种程度上说”，Kassin说到，“虚假的坦白变成了理智的决定。”)。 阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择l个最佳答案，涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

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