Question

Empathy

Last 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. __1.__ Today, 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. __2.__

There are good reasons not to follow those bad examples. Humans are socially related by nature. __3._ Researchers have also found that empathetic 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, Freed says, many top companies report that empathy is one of the most important things they look for in new managers. __4.__“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. __5.__

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.

G. Having relationships with other people is an important part of being human—and having empathy is decisive to those relationships.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.E

3.F

4.G

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：本篇題目很有難度。講述的是empathy，為同感，共鳴。文章以empathy的概念進行展開。文章在第一段對該詞進行了定義，下面進行了簡要的分析。

1.B 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象在減少。關鍵詞在于前句指的had dropped sharply和后句指的less likely to join不難選出B項，其中的have replaced face with screen的信息，包括首次的that所指代的作用的體現。

2.D 本句前的3個表達fighting, competing和with no respect都表現出于主題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。

3.G 前一句提出人生是相互有聯系的，后一句繼續以主題富有empathy的青少年是如何好，關鍵的信息詞是G項開頭的relationship with others即與他人的關系，破折號后面的having empathy更順應主題。

4.F 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句聯系上下文。

5.C 關鍵詞在前句的listen to others。C項中的doesn’t…having a lot of opinion和doing a lot of talking說明正是listen to others。

考點：考察文化類短文閱讀

點評：本文講述的是empathy，為同感，共鳴。文章以empathy的概念進行展開。本題的關鍵在于要根據上下文的語境來找出串聯的信息點，把握上下文之間的邏輯關系，通過前后的意思連貫性及細致性用心的答題，定能完成的很好。