Passage Five
The murder took place around ten o’ clock p. m. on June 10. Thirty-two people watched Kitty being killed right beneath their windows. She was their neighbor. Yet, none of the 32 helped her. Not even one called the police. Was this inhuman cruelty Was it lack of feeling for one’ s fellow man
"Not so," say scientists Dr. Darley and Dr. Fatane. They’ ve found the reasons why people don’ t act. According to them, a person has to go through two steps before he can help. First he has to notice there is an emergency.
Suppose you see u middle-aged man fall onto the ground. Is he having a heart attack, or some other physical trouble Or is he simply about to sleep off a drunk So it’ s not always easy to tell if you are faced with a real emergency.
Second and more important, the person faced with an emergency must feel himself responsible. He must feel that he must help.
The researchers found
A. the more people there are together, the more people will act to help
B. college students would be more likely to help than ordinary Americans
C. the more people there are together, the fewer people will act to help
D. none of the tested students acted to help
Passage Five
One day Mrs. Green took several pairs of shoes to a shoemaker to be repaired. After a few days she picked them up and put them away.
Six months later, she and her husband were asked to dinner. She took a pair of shoes. She hadn’t worn them since they were repaired. She put one on her right foot, and then she put the other on her left. She felt something wrong. She took them off for a closer look. They were the same style, color and size, but each was for the right foot. Then she thought of the shoemaker. Though she was sure he wouldn’t re member her after such a long time; she called him.
"Thank goodness, you finally called." He said excitedly. "An angry woman has’ been troubling me for months."
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