第1讲 阅读理解专项练习 2023届高三英语总复习

Written by Tina 第1讲 阅读理解专项练习 阅读理解（一） 2021-2022常熟市高三上学期10月月考 难度：★★★★ Feeling overwhelmed? Maybe the parents of a preschooler in your family just called to say they need extra help with child care, and a sick neighbor wants to know if you can pick up some groceries for her. Meanwhile, your best friend keeps calling in need of someone to open up to. In less stressful time, perhaps, you’d have jumped to help out and lend an ear. But after months of social isolation (孤立), coping with work demands, and caring for loved ones, the balance has started to tip. Suddenly your own need for emotional support is outweighing your capacity for kindness. That’s understandable, and OK. If you’re feeling insensitive or overburdened these days in response to another’s pain or request for help, that doesn’t make you unkind. What you’re feeling could instead be what we mental health professionals call “compassion fatigue”. Anxiety, sadness, and low self-worth can also be symptoms of this sort of emotional tiredness, the American Institute of Stress notes. Often we associate this stress condition with health care workers, but the American Psychological Association warns that anyone who continually cares for others or who witnesses others’ sufferings is also at risk. Research shows compassion fatigue can be successfully treated—with stress-reduction techniques, such as meditation, as well as with specific treatment. The key is learning how to recognize the symptoms so that you can get help. When the two of us—a psychologist and a social worker- feel like we have “nothing left to give,” supporting our own sad friends or caring for a sick relative can feel like running a marathon with aching muscles. But showing sympathy—and avoiding emotional burnout—doesn’t have to be painful for anyone. As Stanford psychologist Jamil Zaki notes in his book The War for Kindness, “empathy (共情) is a skill we can all strengthen through effort.” 32. Which of the following is “compassion fatigue”? A. The sadn