Question

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分）
Empathy （共鸣）
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. __小题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. __小题2:__
There are good reasons not to follow those bad examples. Humans are socially related by nature. __小题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. __小题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. __小题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.
Everyone is different, and levels of empathy differ from person to person.
That could be because so many people have replaced face time with screen time, the researchers said.
“One doesn’t develop empathy by having a lot of opinions and doing a lot of  talking,” Freed says.
Humans learn by example—and most of the examples on it are anything but empathetic.
Empathy is a matter of learning how to understand someone else—both what they think and how they feel.
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

小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:G
小题4:F
小题5:C

试题分析：
小题1:根据后一句内容：很多人把时间花在了独处很少参加社交活动。故B项符合要求。
小题2:根据下一段内容可知是指人们通过模仿别人来学习，故D正确。
小题3:根据上一句Humans are socially related by nature.可知要和别人保持联系。选G
小题4:根据下一句if you don’t have emotional intelligence, you won’t be as successful in work or in your love life,可知这里是指良好的社交技能是多么的重要，选F。
小题5:根据下一段内容可知D的内容与之相符。选C。
点评：这类题主要要求学生能理解文章主旨和作者意图；能通过上下文克服生词困难，理解语篇意义；能通过文章中的线索进行推理。这就要求教师在教学中注重对学生这方面能力的训练。