【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文]
Have you ever been afraid to talk back when you are treated unfairly? Have you ever bought something just because the salesman talked you into it? Are you afraid to ask someone for a date?
Many people are afraid to assert themselves. Dr. Robert Albert, author of Stand Up, Speak Out, and Talk Back, thinks it's because their self-respect is low. "There is always a 'superior' around, a parent, a teacher, a boss-who knows better."
But Albert and other scientists are doing something to help people assert themselves. They offer "assertiveness training" courses. In the AT 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 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.
Whether or not you speak up for yourself depends on your self-image. If someone you face is more "important" than you, you may start to doubt your own good sense. But why should you? AT says that you can get to feel good about yourself And once you do, you can learn to speak out.

推断题 这篇短文主要对人们缺乏自信的问题进行了探讨。A项是缺乏自信的具体体现；C项是造成缺乏自信的心理原因；D项错误，人们缺乏自信主要是由于对自己的评价过低而不是过高。因此B为正确选项。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】细节题 根据…it's because their self-respect is low. 可知，A为正确选项。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】细节题 根据In the AT course people learn that they have a right to be themselves. 可知，B为正确选项。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】推断题 短文主要讲述了如何克服不自信的心理状况，同时介绍了AT course在这方面所采取的措施。作者的最终意图是说服人们去参加这样一个课程。