13.EmpathyLast year,researchers from the University of Michigan reported that empathy,the ability to understand other people,among college students had dropped sharply over the past 10 years.(31)BToday,people spend more time alone and are less likely to join groups and clubs.
Jennifer Freed,a co-director of a teen program,has another explanation.Turn on the TV,and you're showered with news and reality shows full of people fighting,competing,and generally treating one another with no respect.(32)D
There are good reasons not to ollow those bad examples.Humans are socially related by nature.(33)G Researchers have also found that empthetic teenagers are more likely to have high self-respect.Besides,empathy can be a cure for loneliness,sadness,anxiety,and fear.
Empathy is also an indication of a good leader.In fact,F(xiàn)reed says,many top companies report that empathy is one of the most important things they look for in new managers.(34)F"Academics are important.But if you don't have emotional (情感的) intelligence,you won't be as successful in work or in your love life,"she says.
What's the best way to up your EQ (情商)?For starters,let down your guard and really listen to others.(35)C
To really develop empathy,you'd better volunteer at a nursing home or a hospital,join a club or a team that has a diverse membership,have a"sharing circle"with your family,or spend time caring for pets at an animal shelter.
A.Everyone is different,and levels of empathy differ from person to person.
B.That could be because so many people have replaced face time with screen time,the researchers said.
C."One doesn't develop empathy by having a lot of opinions and doing a lot of talking,"Freed says.
D.Humans learn by example-and most of the examples on it are anything but empathetic.
E.Empathy is a matter of learning how to understand someone else-both what they think and how they feel.
F.Good social skills-including empathy-are a kind of"emotional intelligence"that will help you succeed in many areas of life.
GHaving relationships with other people is an important part of being human-and having empathy is decisive to those relationships.
分析 本文是一篇選句填空閱讀,屬于議論文,去年,來自密歇根大學的研究人員報道,大學生換位思考,理解他人的能力,在過去10年已經(jīng)急劇下降.本文以此展開談論,主要講述了empathy的概念.
解答 31.B.考查文章上下文內(nèi)容聯(lián)系以及句意理解. 本題在第一段段中,前句提出概念,后句進行簡單舉例,都表示人們相互理解的現(xiàn)象在減少.關鍵詞在于前句指的had dropped sharply和后句指的lesslikely to join不難選出B項,其中的havereplaced face with screen的信息,包括首次的that所指代的作用的體現(xiàn).故選B.32.D.考查文章上下文內(nèi)容聯(lián)系以及句意理解.本句前的3個表達fighting,competing和with norespect都表現(xiàn)出于主題empathy相反的例子,本空需要進行總結,那么D項正確,關鍵的信息的是anything but empathetic,說明前句與主題是相反的邏輯關系,很直觀地反應出D項正確.故選D.
33.G.考查文章上下文內(nèi)容聯(lián)系以及句意理解.前一句提出人生是相互有聯(lián)系的,后一句繼續(xù)以主題富有empathy的青少年是如何好,關鍵的信息詞是G項開頭的relationshipwith others即與他人的關系,破折號后面的having empathy更順應主題.故選G.
34.F.考查文章上下文內(nèi)容聯(lián)系以及句意理解.被動首句就提出empathy下的小主題,empathy也可以預示著一個號的領袖.前句,用公司尋找manager經(jīng)理的例子進行展開,后句表示轉折,如果不具備該品質,所帶來的不好的地方.故F句聯(lián)系上下文.故選F.
35.C.考查文章上下文內(nèi)容聯(lián)系以及句意理解.關鍵詞在前句的listen to others.C項中的doesn't…h(huán)aving a lot ofopinion和doing a lot of talking說明正是listen to others.故選C.
點評 本文是一篇選句填空閱讀,題目主要考查文章上下文內(nèi)容聯(lián)系以及句意理解.做題時學生應仔細閱讀原文,把握文章主要內(nèi)容,聯(lián)系文章上下文內(nèi)容并結合所給選項含義,從中選出正確答案,一定要做到有理有據(jù),切忌胡亂猜測.