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? Are you afraid to ask a boy (girl) for a date？
Many people are afraid to assert themselves (insist upon their own rights). Dr Robert Alberti, author of Stand Up, Speak Out, and Talk Back, thinks it’s because their self-esteem(自尊) is low. “Our whole set-up makes people doubt themselves,” says Alberti. “There’s always a 'superior' around — a parent, a teacher, a boss — who 'knows better’”.
But Alberti and other scientists are doing something to help people to assert themselves. They offer “assertiveness training” courses (AT). In the AT courses 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(敢闖, 闖勁兒) without hurting other people.
In one way, learning to speak out is to overcome fear. A group taking an AT course will help the timid person to lose his fear. But AT uses an even stronger motive—the need to share. The timid person speaks out in the group because he wants to tell how he feels. AT says you can get to feel good about yourself. And once you do, you can learn to speak out.
小題1:In the passage, the writer talks about the problem that _______.
A．some people are too easy-going
B．some people are too timid
C．there are too many superiors around us
D．some people dare not stick up for their own rights
小題2:The effect of our set-up on people is often to _______.
A．make them distrust their own judgment
B．make things more favorable for them
C．keep them from speaking out as much as their superiors do
D．help them to learn to speak up for their rights
小題3:One thing AT doesn’t do is to _______.
A．use the need of people to share
B．show people they have the right to be themselves
C．help people to be aggressive at anytime even when others suffer
D．help people overcome fear

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:C

人要有主見，要敢表達出自己的意見，要維護自己的權(quán)益。
小題1:判斷題。自卑的人不敢說“不”，也不敢當眾發(fā)表自己的意見，那當然是失去了自己的權(quán)力。
小題2:語義理解題。從第2段第3句話 Our whole set-up makes people doubt themselves 可知答案為A。
小題3:語義理解題。從第3段最后一句話They learn to be aggressive(敢闖, 闖勁兒) without hurting other people 可以做出正確判斷。
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