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【題目】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

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: 本文講述的是empathy（同理心）。文章指出現(xiàn)在人們的同理心在急劇下降，分析了下降的原因并講述了同理心的重要性和如何培養(yǎng)同理心。

【1】B 考查對上下文語境的理解�？涨暗囊馑际牵涸谶^去的十年里在大學(xué)生中理解他人的能力在急劇下降；空后的意思是：今天人們花更多的時間單獨相處而很少參加社團。所以這里選B（研究者說，那可能是因為許多人用視頻代替了面聊。）與上下文一致。

【2】D 考查對上下文語境的理解。空前的意思是：打開電視機你看到的都是一些人互相競爭，互相爭斗，沒有互相尊重；所以這里選D（人們通過這些例子學(xué)習(xí)——大多數(shù)這些例子什么都有就是沒有同理心）與上下文一致。

【3】G 考查對上下文語境的理解�？涨暗囊馑际牵喝祟愂呛妥匀幻芮邢嚓P(guān)的�？蘸蟮囊馑际牵貉芯空甙l(fā)現(xiàn)有同理心的青少年會有更高的自我尊重。所以這里選G（和其他人保持關(guān)系是成為人的很重要的一部分，擁有同理心對那些關(guān)系很重要。）與上下文一致。

【4】F 考查對上下文語境的理解�？涨暗囊馑际牵�實際上，F(xiàn)reed說許多頂級公司報告說同理心也是他們尋找經(jīng)理的一個重要的部分。所以這里選F（好的社會技能包括同理心，這種情感智力能使你在生活的許多方面都取得很大的成功。）與上下文一致。

【5】C 考查對上下文語境的理解�？涨暗囊馑际牵簩τ诔鯇W(xué)者來說，放下防護，傾聽他人。所以這里選C（有很多想法，說很多話不能發(fā)展同理心。）與上下文一致。