Question

根據短文內容，從短文的后選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項，選項中的兩項為多余選項。

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.B

2.D

3.G

4.F

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：文章主要講述的是同情心的問題。同情心，作為理解他人的一種能力，在大學生中，普遍下降了很多。文章分析了同情心下滑的原因，也給出了培養同情心的建議。

1.根據“empathy, ...had dropped sharply”和“people spend more time alone and are less likely to join groups and clubs...”可以判斷出前后句是因果關系，空白處前面說，同情心急劇下降；后面說人們更多時間處于獨處狀態，很少參加集體活動。這正是同情心下降的原因。故選B。

2.根據“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.”可知，同情心下降的另一個原因是，電視上打斗、競爭、不尊重他人的例子的影響。D項“most of the examples on it”中的it指電視。故選D。

3.根據“Humans are socially related by nature.”可知，人天生就是社會性的，和他人發生聯系，是作為人而必不可少的一部分。故選G。

4.根據“...if you don’t have emotional (情感的) intelligence, , you won’t be as successful in work or in your love life...”可知，這里談到，empathy也是一種社交技能。故選F。

5.根據“For starters, let down your guard and really listen to others.”放下防御心理，真正做到傾聽他人，這是提高EQ的方法。故選C。

考點：生活類短文閱讀