根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选 项。

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.

36 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, and generally treating one another with no respect. 37

There are good reasons not to follow those bad examples. Humans are socially related by nature

38 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. 39 "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? For starters, let down your guard and really listen to others. 40

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.

A. Having relationships with other people is an important part of being human—and having empathy is decisive to those relationships.

B. "One doesn’t develop empathy by having a lot of opinions and doing a lot of talking," Freed says.

C. That could be because so many people have replaced face time with screen time, the researchers said.

D. Everyone is different, and levels of empathy differ from person to person.

E. Humans learn by example-and most of the examples on it arc anything but empathetic.

F. Empathy is a matter of learning how to understand someone else-both what they think and how they feel.

G. Good social skills-including empathy-are a kind of "emotional intelligence" that will help you succeed in many areas of life.

第三部分 英语知识应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空（共两篇完形填空，共40小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项，(A、B、C、D )中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Zigfried, a little mouse, blew his breath on the frosty window of the farmhouse and rubbed

it to see the outside. Still nobody came. Maybe today, he thought 41 . It was only a few days before Christmas and he was watching for a miracle.

This farmhouse had been 42 too long. It needed a family. Zigfried's 43 made a noise. He realized that he hadn't eaten anything since yesterday. He jumped from the windowsill, grabbed a 44 from his home, and went next door to Farmer Mike's.

Farmer Mike's house had been a great place for the little mouse 45 the farmer married a wife who had a cat. Zigfried 46 when he thought of it. He looked around cautiously as he 47 into the room where grain was stored and was quite 48 as he filled his bag with wheat. He was turning to leave when suddenly he 49 a hot breath about his ear. His heart beat 50, and without thinking he started to run and luckily 51 the cat's paws.

The next afternoon Zigfried heard some good news: a 52 family would be moving into the farmhouse soon. Zigfried's granny would arrive on Christmas Eve to 53 with him. He hoped that the family would come before his granny came. Before long, a car came 54 the road leading to the house, with butter sandwiches, cheese and chocolate.

Zigfried's Christmas miracle did arrive!

The house came 55 the next few days. Zigfried 56 every single hour of them. 57 , the day before Christmas when he was drinking hot chocolate with a 58 smile at the door of his home, he heard the 59 of the children of the family about what they might get for Christmas. What? A cat? The 60 froze on his face; his mouth fell wide open. After a long while, he at last found his voice:“Hey! Whose Christmas miracle is this?”

41. A. carefully B. excitedly C. proudly D. hopefully

42. A. shabby B. noisy C. messy D. empty

43. A. mouth B. stomach C. nose D. throat

44. A. stick B. bowl C. bag D. coat

45. A. although B. bowl C. bag D. unless

46. A. sniffed B. leapt C. trembled D. withdrew

47. A. stole B. marched C. paced D. broke

48. A. curious B. nervous C. sensible D. pitiful

49. A. took B. released C. drew D. felt

50. A. strongly B. irregularly C. slowly D. wildly

51. A. escaped B. rubbed C. seized D. scratched

52. A. close B. happy C. new D. young

53. A. communicate B. celebrate C. compete D. compromise

54. A. across B. from C. off D. up

55. A. open B. loose C. alive D. still

56. A. counted B. enjoyed C. missed D. wasted

57. A. However B. Instead C. Moreover D. Therefore

58. A. bitter B. forced C. polite D. satisfied

59. A. introduction B. comment C. discussion D. debate

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