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. __71__ 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. __72__
There are good reasons not to follow those bad examples. Humans are socially related by nature. __73__ 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. __74__ “Academics are important. But if you don’t have emotional 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. __75__
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．Having relationships with other people is an important part of being human—and having empathy is decisive to those relationships.

C．Humans learn by example—and most of the examples on it are anything but empathetic.

D．“One doesn’t develop empathy by having a lot of opinions and doing a lot of talking,” Freed says.

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. That could be because so many people have replaced face time with screen time, the researchers said.

They got much _____ from those new books.

A．ideas

B．photos

C．news

D．stories

 

This is the story of two lovers, who finally got married. Both of them were romantic at first,   1  on the walk of life, problems, quarrels, profession came into their life.

One day, she finally decided “I want to break up”. “Why?” he asked.

“I am   2  .” she answered.

He kept silent the whole night, seemingly in deep   3  . finally he asked, “What can I do to   4  your mind?”

Looking into his eyes she said, “Answer my question. If you can   5  my heart, I will change my mind. Let’s say, I want a flower   6  on the face of a mountain cliff (悬崖), we both are sure that picking the flower will cause your   7  . will you do it for me?”

He said, “I will give you my   8  tomorrow.”

She woke up the next morning, found him gone, and saw a piece of paper on her bed, which   9   “My dear, I would not pick that flower for you, the   10  are …”

“When you use the computer you always    11  the software, and you cry in front of the screen. I have to save my fingers so that I can help to restore the   12  . You always leave the house keys behind, thus I have to save my   13  to rush home to open the door for you. You love traveling but always lose your way in a (n)   14  city. I have to save my eyes to show you the way. You always   15  at the computer, and that will do nothing good for your eyes. I have to save my eyes   16  when we grow old, I can help to clip your nails and help to remove those   17  white hairs.”

“Thus, my dear, unless I am sure that there is someone who loves you   18   I do … I could not pick that flower yet, and die …”

That’s life, and   19  . flowers, and romantic moments are only used and appear on the   20  of the relationship. Under all this, the pillar of true love stands.

1.A．but             B．and          C．or             D．so

2.A．lonely          B．shamed C．tired   D．worried

3.A．space          B．thought C．shade D．impression

4.A．speak          B．change  C．blow   D．keep

5.A．represent            B．expand  C．admit  D．convince

6.A．growing      B．falling     C．living   D．waiting

7.A．attention    B．satisfaction     C．interest       D．death

8.A．agreement          B．answer  C．announcement   D．judgment

9.A．writes          B．informs  C．prints  D．goes

10.A．meanings           B．messages        C．reasons       D．purposes

11.A．turn up     B．put up    C．use up         D．mess up

12.A．structures         B．programs        C．balance       D．position

13.A．legs           B．patience         C．energy         D．dollars

14.A．ancient     B．new        C．modern       D．underground

15.A．shout        B．jump      C．knock D．stare

16.A．as if           B．now that         C．so that         D．in case

17.A．annoying           B．enjoyable       C．dusty  D．amusing

18.A．less than            B．rather than    C．more than   D．other than

19.A．determination  B．love         C．progress      D．power

20.A．surface     B．way        C．principle     D．nature

 

根据短文内容，从下框的A-F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余项。（注意:选E涂AB,选F涂AC）

A．Think while you are reading B．Select a proper material C．Five suggestions for achieving better results D．Read loudly E．Read on F．Use a dictionary at a right time

Effective reading should adopt a correct way, and then you can get more by paying less. Here are some hints for reading effectively.

1.(         )

Don’t choose a rather difficult book or a too easy one for yourself to read. A book full of new words will make you feel discouraged quickly. To understand those new words, you have to turn to the dictionary quite often. .A too easy one will only waste your time and cannot do any help. The two extremes may at last make you give up reading. So it’s better for you to find a proper book with no more than five new words on each page.

2.(         )

If you come across a new word, do not look it up in a dictionary at once.Leave it alone and guess the meaning of it based on the content of the text. This ability is quite necessary in reading. If you know your guess is right later, you will be highly excited at your “success”, and your interest in reading is well encouraged. If a word really prevents you from understanding the whole passage, turn to the dictionary by then. I am sure you can remember this word very well, as it has left you such a deep impression for its “troublesome image”.

3.(        )

To comprehend what you are reading, you should think while you are reading, then form your own ideas. Your writing does not need to be quite formal but expressive. This practice can make you communicate with the original English authors. Day by day, your way of thinking in English will turn into a native way, which is quite important for English writing.

4.(         )

Language has its own beauty, no matter Chinese or English. Don’t merely take English as a “test”. Take it as an “entertainment” instead and you will enjoy it through learning. Maybe you should find some beautiful literary works such as a prose or a poem to read, if you like. Try to read them as loudly as you can. During this process, not only you can enjoy yourself by the great emotions of the writers, but also your pronunciation and your manner of speaking English will be improved.

5.(         )

The last but not the least, keep on reading. If you cannot keep it as a habit, you will suffer from paying without gaining.

 

 

 二  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

                The Parking-Lot（停车场）Sweeper

    Both my parents came from towns in Mexico. I was born in E1 Paso, Texas, and when I was four, my family moved to a housing project in East Los Angeles.

         Even though we struggled to make ends meet, my parents stressed to me and my four brothers and sisters how    21 we were to live in a great country with limitless opportunities. They   22    us with the ideas of family, faith and love.

    I got my first    23    job when I was ten. My dad injured his back working in a cardboard-box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist. He    24   space in a little shopping center and gave his shop the flowery name of Mr. Ben’s Coiffure.

    The owner of the shopping center    25   my Dad’s payment for cleaning the parking lot three    26  a week, which    27 getting up at 3 a.m. Mom and I helped    28 

dustbin and pick up rubbish by hand. It took two to three hours to clean the lot. I     29    sleep in the car on the way home.

    I did this for two years, but the lessons I learned have     30   a lifetime. I obtained discipline（自律）and the importance of work, and learned at a(n)    31    age the importance of balancing life’s competing interests——in my    32   , school, homework and a job. This

   33    helped during my school years, when I worked 40 hours at a fast-food restaurant while taking a full    34   of college preparation courses.

    The hard work    35   off. I attended the U.S. Military Academy and went on to    36   

graduate degrees in law and business from Harvard.     37   , I joined a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California state assembly（州议会）. In these jobs and in everything else I’ve done, I have     38  forgotten those nights in the parking lot. The experience taught me that there is value in all work and that if people are working to    39   for themselves and their families, that is    40   we should honor.

  21. A. important  B. different       C. competitive D. fortunate

  22. A. mixed         B. filled        C. piled         D. left

  23. A. true       B. new          C. real          D. good

  24. A. hired      B. bought              C. cleaned        D. created

  25. A. reduced     B. afforded       C. collected      D. charged

  26. A. mornings B. evenings      C. dawns     D. nights

  27. A. meant        B. overcame    C. admitted      D. allowed

  28. A. lift          B. empty      C. throw      D. hold

  29. A. must      B. need        C. would      D. should

  30. A. existed       B. lasted      C. kept         D. stayed

  31. A. small     B. exact       C. early        D. golden

  32. A. mind      B. way          C. part          D. case

  33. A. really     B. nearly      C. simply      D. merely

  34. A. piece     B. length      C. mass        D. load

  35. A. made     B. took         C. paid          D. started

  36. A. receive       B. offer         C. require             D. study

  37. A. Thus     B. Later          C. Again       D. Instead

  38. A. seldom       B. just           C. even         D. never

  39. A. account      B. enter       C. provide         D. call

  40. A. everything B. something   C. nothing         D. anything