Have you ever been afraid to talk back when you were treated unfairly? Have you ever bought something just because the salesman talked you into it? Many people are afraid to support themselves. Dr. Robert Albert，author of Stand Up，Speak Out，and Talk Back thinks it’s because their self-respect is low. “There’s always a ‘superior’ (长者) around--parent， a teacher，a boss--who knows better.”

　　But Albert and other scientists are doing something to help people help themselves. They offer “assertiveness training” courses, A.T. for short. In the A. T. Course people learn that they have a right to be themselves. They learn to speak out and feel good about doing so. They learn to be aggressive without hurting other people.

　　In one way, learning to speak out is to get rid of fear. A group taking an A. T. Course will help the timid person to lose his fear. But A. T. uses an even stronger motive (动机)--he needs to share. The timid person speaks out in the group because he wants to tell how he feels. Whether or not you speak up for yourself depends on your self-respect.

61．The problem the writer talks about is that       .

　　A．some people buy things they don’t want

　　B．some people are afraid to speak out for their rights

　　C．there are too many superiors

　　D．some people don’t think enough of themselves

62．The cause of the problem talked about in this passage is that      .

　　A．some people have a low self-respect

　　B．there is always someone around who “knows better”

　　C．salesmen talk people into buying things they don’t want

　　D．people don’t share enough

63．The underlined word “timid” in the 3^rd paragraph most probably means       .

　　A．brave                  B．confident　　      C．self-respect　　  D．shy

64．One thing the A . T. Course don’t do is to       .

　　A．share the need of people

　　B．show they have a right to be themselves

　　C．help people overcome fear

　　D．help people to help themselves even if others suffer

65．A good title for this passage could be “        ”.

　　A．The Need to Share

　　B．Talk Back When Necessary

　　C．One Way to Build Self-Respect

　　D．One Way to Train Speaking Ability

听下面对话或独白。对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟。

1.Why is the woman crying for help?

A. She lost her handbag.

B.She was attacked by a robber.

C.She found her money bag missing.

2.Which of the following choices is not true of the suspect(嫌疑犯）？

A.He was tall and fat.

B.He had long hair.

C.He was informally dressed.

3.What clothes was the suspect wearing?

A. Pants and a shirt.?　　　　  B.Jeans and a shirt.?　　　　   C.Jeans and a T-shirt.

1.Why is the woman crying for help?

A. She lost her handbag.

B.She was attacked by a robber.

C.She found her money bag missing.

2.Which of the following choices is not true of the suspect(嫌疑犯）？

A.He was tall and fat.

B.He had long hair.

C.He was informally dressed.

3.What clothes was the suspect wearing?

A. Pants and a shirt.?　　　　  B.Jeans and a shirt.?　　　　   C.Jeans and a T-shirt.

The way people hold to the belief that a fun - filled, pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.

As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment （预担的义务）, self - improvement.

Ask a bachelor（单身汉） why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.  

Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three - day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.

Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.

According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because ________ .

A. he is reluctant to take on family responsibilities

B. he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single

C. he finds more fun in dating than in marriage

D. he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement

Raising children, in the author’s opinion is ________ .

A. a moral duty               B. a thankless job

C. a rewarding task            D. a source of inevitable pain

From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems from ________ .

A. hatred　　B. misunderstanding　 C. prejudice　　　　　D. ignorance

To understand what true happiness is one must ________ .

A. have as much fun as possible during one’s lifetime

B. make every effort to liberate oneself from pain

C. put up with pain under all circumstances

D. be able to distinguish happiness from fun

What is the author trying to tell us?

A. Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain．

B. One must know how to attain happiness.

C. It is important to make commitments.

D. It is pain that leads to happiness.