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Section Ⅲ Using language
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Ⅰ.阅读理解
Popularization has in some cases changed the original meaning of emotional intelligence. Many people now misunderstand emotional intelligence as almost everything desirable in a person's makeup that cannot be measured by an IQ test, such as character, motivation, confidence, mental stability, optimism and “people skills.” Research has shown that emotional skills may contribute to some of these qualities, but most of them move far beyond skill-based emotional intelligence.
We prefer to describe emotional intelligence as a specific set of skills that can be used for either good or bad purposes. The ability to accurately understand how others are feeling may be used by a doctor to find how best to help patients, while a cheater might use it to control potential victims. Being emotionally intelligent does not necessarily make one a moral person.
Although popular beliefs regarding emotional intelligence run far ahead of what research can reasonably support, the overall effects of the publicity have been more beneficial than harmful. The most positive aspect of this popularization is a new and much needed emphasis on emotion by employers, educators and others interested in promoting social well-being. The popularization of emotional intelligence has helped both the public and researchers re-evaluate the functionality of emotions and how they serve people expediently in everyday life.
Although the continuing popular appeal of emotional intelligence is desirable, we hope that such attention will excite a greater interest in the scientific and scholarly study of emotion. It is our hope that in coming decades, advances in science will offer new perspectives from which to study how people manage their lives. Emotional intelligence, with its focus on both head and heart, may serve to point us in the right direction.
语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文。文章批判了公众对情商的过度泛化理解,澄清其本质为中性的技能工具,并肯定了情商普及的积极意义,呼吁未来科学研究应更深入探索情商。
1.What is a common misunderstanding of emotional intelligence?
A.It can be measured by an IQ test.
B.It helps to exercise a person's mind.
C.It includes a set of emotional skills.
D.It refers to a person's positive qualities.
解析:选D 细节理解题。根据第一段中“Many people now misunderstand emotional intelligence ... mental stability, optimism and ‘people skills.’”可知,情商常常被误解为一个人的积极品质。故选D。
2.Why does the author mention “doctor” and “cheater” in paragraph 2?
A.To explain a rule.
B.To clarify a concept.
C.To present a fact.
D.To make a prediction.
解析:选B 推理判断题。根据第二段中“The ability to accurately understand how others are feeling may be ... make one a moral person.”可知,此处先提到医生和骗子可以用情商做截然不同的事,再提到高情商不等于道德高尚。因此,作者是通过对比案例,阐释“情商技能本身无道德属性”的概念。故选B。
3.What does the underlined word “expediently” mean in paragraph 3?
A.Adaptively. B.Sincerely.
C.Doubtfully. D.Terribly.
解析:选A 词义猜测题。根据画线词的上文及画线词所在句可知,这里肯定了情绪的作用,是正面的内容,因此重新评估的另一点也有关情绪的益处,应该是灵活地为人们服务,画线词意为“权宜地”,与adaptively“适应性地”意思相近。故选A。
4.What does the last paragraph mainly talk about concerning emotional intelligence?
A.Its appeal to the public.
B.Expectations for future studies.
C.Its practical application.
D.Scientists with new perspectives.
解析:选B 段落大意题。根据最后一段内容可知,该段关注的是对未来情商研究的期望。故选B。
Ⅱ.完形填空
Eugenie George was a financial writer and educator from Philadelphia.When she first heard that her friend Jean passed a financial counseling exam, her heart __5__.She'd failed the same test weeks earlier, and she __6__ the certificate to advance her career.
But then, instead of being __7__, she called Jean.“I told her I failed and __8__ I was envious(嫉妒的),” she said.George hoped that being honest would __9__ her envy and she was surprised that when she shifted her __10__ she could share her friend's happiness and experience her own, in turn.“I congratulated her and told her she __11___ me,” she said.Jean was impressed by George's honesty and __12__ that George would share her joy.Jean expressed her gratitude and shared with George her __13__ in preparing for the exam and offered some practical methods.“You can __14__ me whenever in need.And I am __15__ sure that you can do it next time,” Jean told George.Although the two were in different states talking on the phone, they felt they had never been so __16__.
Finding pleasure in another person's good __17__ will make the relationship more close and enjoyable. __18__ someone else's joy can also develop resilience (适应力), improve life __19__ and help people cooperate during a conflict.
语篇解读:本文是一篇记叙文。作者通过一件事告诉读者:从另一个人的好运中寻找快乐会使人与人之间的关系更加亲密和愉快。
5.A.flew B.rose
C.swam D.sank
解析:选D 根据下文“She'd failed the same test weeks earlier”可知,George之前在同样的测试中没有通过,所以对比朋友通过测试,她的情绪是消沉的、低落的。sink“沉没;(情绪)消沉”。故选D。
6.A.bought B.needed
C.concentrated D.divided
解析:选B 根据下文“the certificate to advance her career”可知,要让她的事业进步,George需要通过这个测试获得证书。故选B。
7.A.upset B.anxious
C.pleased D.scared
解析:选A 根据上文可知,她在同样的测试中失败,因而情绪低落。故选A。
8.A.advised B.admitted
C.permitted D.requested
解析:选B 根据上文“I told her I failed”和下文“I was envious”可知,George告诉Jean,她没能通过测试,她对Jean所取得的成绩是嫉妒的,所以此处指她承认自己嫉妒Jean的成绩。故选B。
9.A.increase B.strengthen
C.reduce D.influence
解析:选C 根据“being honest”可知,这里指George希望诚实会减少她的嫉妒。故选C。
10.A.direction B.aim
C.signal D.attitude
解析:选D 根据上文“instead of being ______”和“I told her I failed and ________ I was envious”可知,这里描述George面对朋友Jean通过考试后自己态度的转变。故选D。
11.A.hurt B.attracted
C.encouraged D.annoyed
解析:选C 根据上文“she was surprised that when she shifted her ________ she could share her friend's happiness and experience her own, in turn”可知,这里指她在分享朋友的快乐的同时也体验到了自己的快乐,即朋友的好运鼓励了她。 故选C。
12.A.appreciated B.realized
C.praised D.doubted
解析:选A 根据下文“Jean expressed her gratitude”可知,此处表示Jean对George分享自己的快乐是感激的。故选A。
13.A.fear B.experience
C.journey D.concern
解析:选B 根据下文“and offered some practical methods”可知,这里是指Jean把她在准备考试时的经验分享给了George。故选B。
14.A.refer to B.agree with
C.compete with D.turn to
解析:选D 根据下文“whenever in need”可知,这里指Jean告诉George,当她需要帮助时,自己会施以援手。refer to“提到,指的是,参考”;agree with“同意”;compete with“与……竞争”;turn to“向……寻求帮助”。故选D。
15.A.certainly B.eventually
C.immediately D.hardly
解析:选A 根据下文“sure that you can do it next time”可知,Jean对于George下次能通过财政咨询考试是充满信心的,即是肯定地。故选A。
16.A.kind B.gentle
C.close D.secure
解析:选C 根据下文“Finding pleasure in another person's good ________ will make the relationship more close and enjoyable.”可知,这里指两人此刻感觉到彼此的关系如此亲密。故选C。
17.A.purpose B.fortune
C.impression D.strategy
解析:选B 根据上文中叙述George从朋友Jean通过测试的喜悦中分享快乐的故事可推知,通过测试即是Jean的好运。故选B。
18.A.Recognizing B.Showing
C.Sharing D.Adjusting
解析:选C 根据上文“she could share her friend's happiness and experience her own”可知,在分享朋友的快乐的同时,也促使自己体验到了属于自己的快乐。故选C。
19.A.application B.tradition
C.profession D.satisfaction
解析:选D 根据上文“she could share her friend's happiness and experience her own”和下文“and help people cooperate during a conflict”可知,在分享朋友的快乐的同时,也促使自己体验到了属于自己的快乐,即这也促进了自己对生活的满意度。application“申请”;tradition“传统”;profession“专业”;satisfaction“满意”。故选D。
Ⅲ.语法填空(15分)
Are you a good judge of character? Can you make 20.______________ accurate judgement of someone's personality 21.______________ (base) only on your first impression of them? Ironically, the answer 22.____________ (lie) as much in them as it does in you.
Henry Adams, a US psychologist.His research concluded that people fell into two groups — good judges of themselves and good judges of others.Most of us would probably be able to 23.____________ (accurate) identify these signs, even in a stranger.As such, most of us are probably good judges of emotion.
In order to be a good judge of personality, a person needs to be a “good target”.“Good targets” are people 24.____________ reveal relevant and useful cues to their personality.So this means “the good judge” will only manifest when 25.____________ (read) “good targets”.This is according 26.________ Rogers and Biesanz in their 2019 journal entitled Reassessing the Good Judge of Personality. “We found consistent, clear and strong evidence 27.________________ the good judge does exist”, they concluded.The good judge does not have magical gifts of perception — they are simply able to “detect information 28.____________ (provide) by the good target”.
And now we know that good judges probably do exist.In the future, more research 29.____________ (do) into how they read personality, what kind of people they are — and whether their skills can be taught.
语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文。你能仅仅根据第一印象就对他人的性格做出准确的判断吗?文章针对这个问题作出了阐述。
20.an 考查冠词。 空处修饰名词judgement,表示泛指,且位于发音以元音音素开头的形容词accurate前,故填不定冠词an。
21.based 考查非谓语动词。此处考查固定短语(be) based on “基于……”,故用其过去分词形式,在句中作状语。
22.lies 考查时态和主谓一致。空处在句中作谓语动词,描述客观事实,且主语the answer是第三人称单数,故填lies。
23.accurately 考查副词。空处在不定式结构中修饰动词identify,故用副词形式。
24.who 考查定语从句。空处引导定语从句,修饰先行词people,且在从句中作主语,故填关系代词who。
25.reading 考查非谓语动词。此处为when引导的状语从句的省略形式,read与逻辑主语the good judge之间为主谓关系,故用现在分词reading。
26.to 考查介词。此处考查固定搭配according to“根据……”。
27.that 考查同位语从句。the good judge does exist为同位语从句,解释说明evidence的具体内容,从句句意完整且不缺成分,故用that引导。
28.provided 考查非谓语动词。本句话的主干句为they are simply able to detect, provide在句中修饰名词 information,且两者之间为逻辑上的动宾关系,故用过去分词作后置定语。
29.will be done 考查时态和语态。根据本句时间标志词In the future可知,应用一般将来时,再因主语 more research 与谓语动词 do 之间构成被动关系,故用一般将来时的被动语态。
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