【題目】

Does Success Come with a High EQ or IQ?

Most students feel that their IQs are what determines(決定) how well they are going to do in life. When they see other students doing better than them, they usually believe that those students have a higher IQ and that there is nothing they can do to change facts. However, new research into EQ suggests that success is not simple the result of a high IQ.

While your IQ tells you how intelligent you are, your EQ tells you how well you use your intelligence. Professor Salovey who invented the term EQ suggests that when predicting someone's future success, their character, as measured(測量)by EQ tests, might actually matter than their IQs.

It is generally believed that people with high EQs are open to new ideas and have positive attitudes towards life. They are also less likely to be troubled by problems.

People generally believe that a person's IQ is determined by birth. However, most social scientists agree that EQ has a lot to do with education. Some are trying to study the possibility of improving a person's EQ, especially in terms of "people skills", such as understanding and communication.

Professor Mayer, recognized by many as a leading expert in the study of changes to people's EQs, recently said the results of a study on senior high school students. When normal students were introduced to students with disabilities, they found that, afterwards, the normal students were more willing to help people with difficulties. They also showed a better understanding of the disabled students' feelings compared to students who had not been involved in the study. There was also an obvious change in the disabled students' attitudes. They became more positive about life and more willing to try new things.

The results of the study show that EQ is important. To get ahead in the world and lead a happy successful life means getting on with other people and being able to understand and react to the situations in the best way possible. This requires a high EQ, the higher the better. And the fact that it might be possible to raise EQs means that schools need to make sure that their students are receiving the education they really need, and know that their futures are not entirely determined by their IQs.

1According to the passage, people with high EQs ________________.

A.hate trying new thingsB.are determined by birth

C.are more understandingD.need to improve their IQs

2What does the phrase "react to" in Paragraph 6 probably mean?

A.Try to refuse to accept.B.Show some disinterest in.

C.Help others to explain.D.Behave differently in.

3According to the passage, Professor Mayer probably agrees that ___________________.

A.students with low EQs are more creative and positive toward their lives

B.it is possible for disabled students to improve their EQs with education

C.it is difficult for people with high EQs to solve problems in the best way

D.students with high IQs will be easier to succeed than students with high EQs

4What is the writer's main purpose in writing the passage?

A.To discuss the meaning of EQ.

B.To stress the importance of EQ.

C.To introduce the discovery of EQ.

D.To question about the tests of EQ.

【答案】

1C

2D

3B

4B

【解析】

本文講述了情商比智商重要,智商只表明一個人是多么的聰明,而情商則是決定一個人未來成功與否的關(guān)鍵。

1推理判斷題。根據(jù)“Professor Mayer, recognized by many as a leading expert in the study of changes to people's EQs, recently said the results of a study on senior high school students …. They also showed a better understanding of the disabled students' feelings compared to students who had not been involved in the study”研究結(jié)果表明,與沒有參加研究的學(xué)生對比,正常的學(xué)生更能理解殘疾人的感受?芍EQ高的人,有更好的理解能力。故選C。

2詞義猜測題。try to refuse to accept 試著拒絕接受;show some disinterest in 表示不感興趣;help others to explain 幫助他人去解釋;behave differently in不同地表現(xiàn)。根據(jù)“To get ahead in the world and lead a happy successful life means getting on with other people and being able to understand and react to the situations in the best way possible”要想在世界上出人頭地,過上幸福成功的生活,意味著必須跟其他人和睦相處,盡可能用最好的方式去理解和作出反應(yīng)?芍,react to表示對作出反應(yīng),選項D與劃線處語境相符。故選D。

3細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“There was also an obvious change in the disabled students' attitudes. They became more positive about life and more willing to try new things”在殘疾人學(xué)生的態(tài)度上也有一個顯而易見的改變。他們變得對生活更積極,更愿意去嘗試新事物?芍ㄟ^這個研究表明,通過教育來提高殘疾學(xué)生的情商是有可能的。故選B

4主旨大意題。根據(jù)“However, new research into EQ suggests that success is not simple the result of a high IQ”和“The results of the study show that EQ is important”,可知,本篇文章在強調(diào)EQ的重要性。故選B。

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