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40yearsagotheideaofdisabledpeopledoingsportwasneverheardof.ButwhentheannualgamesforthedisabledwerestartedatStokeMandeville,Englandin1948bySirLudwigGuttmann,thesituationbegantochange.
SirLudwigGuttmann,whohadbeendriventoEnglandin1939fromNaziGermany,hadbeenaskedbytheBritishgovernmenttosetupaninjuriescenteratStokeMandevilleHospitalnearLondon.Hisideasabouttreatinginjuriesincludedsportforthedisabled.
Inthefirstgamesjusttwoteamsofinjuredsoldierstookpart.Thenextyear,1949,fiveteamstookpart.Fromthosebeginnings,thingshavedevelopedfast.TeamsnowcomefromabroadtoStokeMandevilleeveryyear.In1960thefirstOlympicsfortheDisabledwereheldinRome,inthesameplaceasthenormalOlympicGames.Now,everyfouryearstheOlympicGamesfortheDisabledareheld,ifpossible,inthesameplaceasthenormalOlympicGames,althoughtheyareorganizedseparately.InotheryearsGamesfortheDisabledarestillheldatStokeMandeville.Inthe1984wheelchairOlympicGames,1064wheelchairathletesfromabout40countriestookpart.Unfortunately,theywereheldatStokeMandevilleandnotinLosAngeles,alongwiththeotherOlympics.
TheGameshavebeenagreatsuccessinpromotinginternationalfriendshipandunderstanding,andinprovingthatbeingdisableddoesnotmeanyoucan'
tenjoysport.Onesmallsourceofdisappointmentforthosewhoorganizeandtakepartinthegames,however,hasbeentheunwillingnessoftheInternationalOlympicCommitteetoincludedisabledeventsatOlympicGamesfortheable-bodied.Perhapsafewmoreyearsarestillneededtoconvincethosefortunateenoughnottobedisabledthattheirdisabledfellowathletesshouldnotbeexcluded.
21.Thefirstgamesforthedisabledwereheld______afterSirLudwigGuttmannarrived
inEngland.
A.40yearsB.21years
C.10yearsD.9years
22.BesidesStokeMandeville,surelythegamesforthedisabledwereonceheldin______.
A.NewYorkB.London
C.RomeD.LosAngeles
23.InParagraph3,theword"
athletes"
means______.
A.peoplewhosupportthegamesB.peoplewhowatchthegames
C.peoplewhoorganizethegamesD.peoplewhocompeteinthegames
24.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?
A.SirLudwigGuttmannisanearlyorganizerofthegamesforthedisabled.
B.SirLudwigGuttmannisaninjuredsoldier.
C.SirLudwigGuttmannisfromGermany.
D.SirLudwigGuttmanniswelcomedbytheBritishgovernment.
25.Fromthepassage,wemayconcludethatthewriteris______.
A.oneoftheorganizersofthegameforthedisabled
B.adisabledpersonwhooncetookpartinthegames
C.againstholdingthegamesforthedisabled
D.infavorofholdingthegamesforthedisabled
Itiswellknownthatwhenanindividualjoinsagrouphetendstoacceptthegroup'
sstandardsofbehaviorandthinking.Manyillustrations(例证)couldbegivenofthisfromeverydaylife,butwhatisofparticularinteresttopsychologistsistheextenttowhichpeople'
sjudgmentsandopinionscanbechangedasaresultofgrouppressure.Aschandothersnoticedthatpeopleinagroupwillagreetostatementsthatarecontrarytotheevidenceoftheirsenses.Itwouldbeamistaketothinkthatonlyparticularchangeablepeoplearechosentotakepartinexperimentsofthistype.Usuallyhighlyintelligentandindependentpeopleareused.
Inatypicalexperiment,thisiswhatmayhappen.Theexperimenterasksforvolunteerstojoinagroupwhichisinvestigatingvisualperception.Thevictimsarenot,therefore,awareoftherealpurposeoftheexperiment.Eachvolunteeristakentoaroomwherehefindsagroupofaboutsevenpeoplewhoarecollaborating(合作)withtheexperimenter.Thegroupisshownastandardcardwhichcontainsasingleline.Theyarethenaskedtolookatasecondcard.Thishasthreelinesonit.Oneisobviouslylongerthanthelineonthefirstcard,oneisshorterandonethesamelength.Theyhavetosaywhichlineonthesecondcardisthesamelengthasthelineonthestandardcard.Theothermembersofthegroupanswerfirstbutwhatthevolunteerdoesnotknowisthattheyhavebeentoldtopickoneofthewronglines.Whenhisturncomesheisfacedwiththeunanimous(一致的)opinionoftherestofthegroup—alltheothershavechosenlineAbuthequiteclearlyseeslineBascorrect.Whatwillhedo?
AccordingtoAsch,morethanhalfofthevictimschosenwillchangetheiropinion.Whatisequallysurprisingisthat,wheninterviewedabouttheiranswers,mostexplainedthattheyknowthegroupchoicewasincorrectbutthattheyyieldtothepressureofthegroupbecausetheythoughttheymustbesufferingfromanopticalillusion,orbecausetheywereafraidofbeingdifferent.
26.Thepsychologistsareparticularlyinterestedin_______.
A.thechangesintheattitudesofthepeople
B.thedegreeofchangesofpeople'
sopinions
C.theresultoftheexperiment
D.thedifferenceinpeople'
scharacters
27.Peoplewhoareusuallychosentotakepartintheexperimentsare_______.
A.stubbornandindependentB.intelligent
C.ignorantanddocileD.capableofreasoning
28.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?
A.Theexperimenterandallthemembersofthegroupexceptthevictimknowthepurposeoftheexperiment.
B.Allofthemknowthepurposeoftheexperiment.
C.Onlytheexperimenterknowsthepurposeoftheexperiment.
D.Onlythevictimknowsthepurposeoftheexperiment.
29.Morethanhalfofthevictimschangedtheiropinionbecause_______.
A.someoneinthegroupchangedtheiropinion
B.theythoughttheireyesmustbedeceived
C.theythoughtthegroupchoicewascorrect.
D.theyhadbeentoldabouttheanswer本文来源:
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30.Thepurposeoftheauthorinwritingthispassageisto_______.
A.illustratetheinfluenceofthegroup'
spressureonindividual'
sbehavior
B.invitemorevolunteerstojoininAsch'
sexperiment
C.telltheaudiencehowtoperformpsychologicalexperiment
D.encouragepeopletoactagainstthegroup'
sopinion
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2010年12月英语四六级考试阅读专项练习(12)
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