题目内容
EQ has something to do with your understanding of emotions. It refers to people’s awareness, management and expression of emotions. EQ plays an important role in success. If you are not satisfied with your EQ, you can use the following five ways to improve it.
Know your own emotions－Recognise and name the emotions you feel; understand why you feel them; distinguish between feelings and actions and tell yourself what you are feeling.
Motivate yourself－You need to consider how to control your feelings productively. Practise some emotional self-control and delay satisfaction. A study found that people who delayed satisfaction were more successful later in life－as measured by a lot of factors including happiness, income and job satisfaction－than those who did not do that. You need to find a balance of emotions and motivate yourself to do something about it.
Recognise emotions in others－The ability of listening to another person’s opinions is a skill that effective managers have. Emotionally intelligent persons are also sensitive to other people’s feelings and listen to others well.
Manage your emotions－Accept your feelings, but find a balance between oversensitivity and emotional suppression(抑制). When you are angry or unhappy, you need to find a way to get out of the mood. It is healthy to express your emotions, rather than keeping them hidden.
Handle relationships－Applying conflict management skills instead of ignoring conflicts and being considerate and cooperative are part of controlling relationships. Communication skills are essential to healthy relationships.
1．This passage is mostly taken from ____________.
A．a story B．a magazine C．a piece of news D．a novel
2．According to this passage, the writer thinks that ___________.
A．a man doesn’t need to tell himself what he is feeling
B．a person should have the ability of listening to his manager’s opinions
C．in no way does a person improve his EQ
D．a person’s success has something to do with his or her EQ
3．An effective manager can have the ability of ____________.
A．keeping his emotions not feelings hidden successfully
B．getting out of the mood when he or she is angry or unhappy
C．listening to others’ opinions patiently
D．distinguish between feelings and actions.
4．Which of the following can NOT improve your EQ?
A．Being patient to listen to others
B．Delaying your satisfaction
C．Telling the difference between actions and feelings
D．Applying and ignoring conflict management
5．This passage mainly tells us ___________.
A．how to improve your EQ
B．how to understand your EQ
C．how to be an effective manager
D．how to express healthy emotions and friendships
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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.
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A．Everyone is different, and levels of empathy differ from person to person. |
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B．Having relationships with other people is an important part of being human—and having empathy is decisive to those relationships. |
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C．Humans learn by example—and most of the examples on it are anything but empathetic. |
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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.