Question

Back in business school, macho(自以为是的) kids like me studied finance. In the competition of life, money _______ winning, so those who managed the money would become the _______. Didn't matter that I was a woman — I was as _______________ as any guy you'd ever met.

It's taken me a lot of years, a lot of living, to _______ that my view of the world was upside down. The reality is: finance is for wimps(呆子). Finance is the easy part. However, It's much _______ to deal with people. The winners in society are the people who understand how to _______ other people.

In my 20s, I worked really hard. I_______name-brand schools and piled on the degrees. I was _______on my climb to the top as a successful real-estate developer. I worked full-time as I was studying, because I was _________.

Then when I was 31, I got to the top in a way that I ________ imagined possible. I was ________ Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles. In that __________, I collaborated with leaders from all sectors of society.

When our four-year term came to a ________, I moved to another world of power and money, as a headhunter for CEOs and other ________ talent for the world's biggest companies.

As a result of all these ________, I've had the chance to meet, befriend, and work with leaders from all sectors in countries throughout the world.

And here's what I've learned: the leaders are not the ________ IQ people in any organization. They didn't get the highest grades, they didn't ________ the highest exam scores. They got to the top ________ they have the ability to attract the best people to work for them. And at the root of that power of attraction is empathy(同感能力). Empathy is the ability to truly connect with other human beings. It's life's hardest but most ________ skill. And it's the skill ________for leadership in a changing world.

1.A. ignored B. equaled C. combined D. caused

2.A. directors B. heroes C. winners D. losers

3.A. optimistic B. naughty C. competitive D. practical

4.A. realize B. deny C. complain D. debate

5.A. happier B. simpler C. easier D. harder

6.A. care about B. relate to C. depend on D. talk with

7.A. attended B. avoided C. left D. escaped

8.A. praised B. assisted C. criticized D. focused

9.A. in a hurry B. in vain C. in surprise D. in the end

10.A. ever B. often C. never D. once

11.A. appointed B. treated C. awarded D. charged

12.A. culture B. game C. space D. role

13.A. start B. fame C. close D. trend

14.A. different B. top C. common D. busy

15.A. experiences B. performances C. accidents D. experiment

16.A. busiest B. lowest C. dullest D. highest

17.A. accept B. expect C. score D. share

18.A. until B. because C. so D. before

19.A. complete B. funny C. boring D. important

20.A. required B. remembered C. regarded D. reached

Answer 1