Question

The first time that I had heard the term“EQ”was in the fall of 1995 when the book Emotional Intelligence，by Daniel Goleman，was widely covered by the American press.The widespread research presented in the book supported my own observations and doubts about life and emotions，and told me that I was on the right track to go after happiness.The research continues to confirm what I had concluded on my own: These feelings are extremely important to individual health，happiness，and social harmony.This might seem a bit obvious，but it was not always obvious to me.

I grew up in a family where we didn’t talk about feelings.We talked about ideas，concepts and principles.As a result，I could tell you what I thought about everything，but I couldn’t tell you how I felt about anything.After several failed relationships，I took time off to reflect on my life and realized I had made many decisions which resulted in unhappiness for myself and others.After studying the literature on emotions and feelings，I concluded that most of my poor decisions could be directly due to what is now called low emotional intelligence，or low EQ，for short.Previously，I struggled to find happiness through the traditional routes—material success.Now，however，I realize that：

There’s not much point having either wealth or relationships if you aren’t happy.

It is hard to be happy with others if you aren’t happy yourself.

It is hard to be happy alone if you don’t feel good about yourself，i.e.have high self­esteem and self­confidence.

It is hard to have good feelings about yourself if you don’t have good emotional management skills.

Emotional management skills，the main subject of EQ，are，therefore，one of the most basic elements of happiness.

56．The author’s views and ideas about life were exactly proved by ________.

A. the widespread reports in American newspapers

B. own observations and doubts about life and emotions

C. the fact that he was on the right track to go after happiness

D. ideas and views in the book Emotional Intelligence

57．The author’s family members ________.

A. are wise and hard­working                      B. are wealthy and strong

C. are not good at expressing their own feelings        D. get along badly with each other

58．Before reading the book，the author thought he could have happiness ________.

A. if he could earn a lot of money                   B. if he could avoid poor decisions

C. if he took time off to reflect on his life             D. if he ignored the traditional routes

59．A person who can’t feel happy himself ________.

A. will feel happy with lots of friends                B. will not get on well with others

C. has no self­esteem at all                         D. should read the new book on EQ

60．Loneliness most probably comes from ________.

A. lack of self­confidence and self­esteem             B. lack of the presence of others

C. lack of good relationships with others              D. lack of wealth and health

Answer 1

DCABA 【解题导语】 情商所包含的一项主要内容就是一个人驾驭自己情感的能力。情商对于身体健康、家庭幸福以及社会和谐都是特别重要的。

56．D 解析：细节推断题。第一段第二句中说作者对生活的观察和疑虑都得到了这本书中所呈现的研究结果所支持。这就是说这本书中的东西证实了他的观点和看法。新闻报道是引起别人注意的前提，因此选项A错误；自己的观察和疑虑不能证实自己观察和疑虑，因此选项B错误；选项C的错误在于：他步入了追求幸福的正确轨道证实了他的观点和看法。这句话的言外之意：通过读这本书，他知道自己步入了正途。

57．C 解析：细节推断题。作者说他的家庭成员只谈事情不谈感受，由此可知，他们可能不善于表达自己的感情。

58．A 解析：细节推断题。文中明显的提示是material routes(传统道路)——material success(物质)，也就是财富或金钱。

59. B解析：细节推断题。be happy with others相当于get on well with others。 由此可知，选项B正确。

60. A解析：细节推断题。倒数第三句说：当你独处感到不好是因为自我感觉不好，比如缺乏自尊和自信。这就是感到孤独有可能是由自我感觉不好造成的。