Question

【题目】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.

【语篇解读】同情心是一种重要的人类情感,然而目前在大学生的情感中,同情心已急剧下降。本文分析了此种现象的原因和同情心的重要性及培养同情心的方法。

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】G

【4】F

【5】C

【解析】

【1】上一句提到大学生同情心的急剧下降,本句应写此现象发生的原因。

【2】下一句提到人们不应该学习那些坏榜样,说明上一句应是:人们会学习榜样,而电视提供的却是与同情无关的榜样。

【3】上一句提到人类是需要与人交往的,所以人际关系是人们生活中的重要组成部分。

【4】上一句提到许多顶级公司在招聘新经理时,也将同情心视为考查的重点之一。下一句应该写同情心在工作中的作用。

【5】上一句提到人们应该放下戒备之心,真正地倾听对方,也就是说人们不能通过拥有许多想法和大量的说教来培养同情心。