A recent survey shows that the alarming rate of child suicide(自杀) in Hong Kong, raising levels of stress and anxiety among young people, increasing conflicts between children and teachers, and children’s complaints that their parents do not understand their problems—all point to a drop in “emotional quotient” (EQ) (情商), the ability to handle relationships.
EQ is defined as the ability to deal with oneself and others effectively. High EQ, psychologists say, is easy to spot. Some of the greatest humanitarian (人道主义的) leaders have high EQ, along with successful managers and inspirational and respected teachers. The problem is not how to spot high EQ but to improve on low EQ, so society as a whole can benefit.
In the United States, declining EQ among young people is seen as one of the factors behind rising young people’s crime because youths fail to understand others’ feelings—one of the key components of EQ. While the situation in Hong Kong is not so bad, there are warning signs that the levels of anxiety among youth may become critical. Declining EQ among Hong Kong teenagers has been acknowledged by several studies including a key study by the education concern group, the Learning-Teacher Association, which found a high degree of anxiety among students over the future and also that young people lacked confidence in dealing with problems. Parents and teachers will also need to develop their own EQ skills in order to deal with them effectively.
Daniel Goleman cites a number of basic elements of high EQ: first, awareness of your feelings as you experience them which is very important to making good decisions in life; second, feeling or awareness of what others are feeling. “90% of emotional information is expressed non-verbally and people vary in their ability to pick it up,” Dr. Goleman says in his book.
Dr. Goleman argues that without high EQ even highly-educated, highly-intelligent people will not find success in life. Or those with low EQ, even though they may be brilliant, tend to lack feeling and impulse control. They fail easily, and they are easily intolerant and often aggressive in interpersonal relations. Some educational psychologists believe work on EQ may be important in Hong Kong with its high rate of suicide among school children. EQ test may be able to help predict those most at risk, and those least able to deal with their own emotions or unable to deal with others, including parents and teachers.
小题1:According to the passage, children in Hong Kong commit suicide at an alarming rate as a result of _______.
A．parents not understanding their children
B．the rising levels of stress and anxiety among young people
C．the inability of dealing with relationships
D．increasing conflict between children and teachers小题2:We can infer from the passage that people with low emotional quotient _______.
A．are least likely to become good leaders
B．can deal with oneself and others effectively
C．are beneficial to society
D．are more likely to be respected小题3:The word “its” in the last paragraph refers to ________.
A．the work on EQ
B．Hong Kong
C．EQ
D．China小题4:Daniel Goleman believes that _______.
A．one can be just as successful without having a high EQ
B．only people with both high EQ and high IQ will be successful in life
C．people with low intelligence will not get a successful life
D．people not having high EQ may not be successful in life despite being extremely intelligent
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
题目分析：文章从很多香港孩子自杀是由于不能正确处理关系造成的，从而得出结论情商是非常重要的，已经如何提高孩子的情商。
小题1:细节题：从第一段的句子：all point to a drop in “emotional quotient” (EQ) (情商), the ability to handle relationships.可知是由于不能正确处理关系，很多香港孩子自杀。选C。
小题2:推理题：从第二段的句子：Some of the greatest humanitarian (人道主义的) leaders have high EQ, along with successful managers and inspirational and respected teachers.可知高情商的人有可能成为好的领导。选A
小题3:猜词题：从前面的句子：可知香港的自杀比率很高。选B
小题4:细节题：从最后一段的句子：Dr. Goleman argues that without high EQ even highly-educated, highly-intelligent people will not find success in life. Or those with low EQ, even though they may be brilliant, tend to lack feeling and impulse control.可知 Dr. Goleman 认为，情商低的人即使很聪明也不会成功。选D
点评：文章从很多香港孩子自杀是由于不能正确处理关系造成的，从而得出结论情商是非常重要的，已经如何提高孩子的情商。题目以考查细节题为主，细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息，搜查信息在阅读中非常重要它包括理解作者在叙述某事时使用的具体事实等细节信息。做这类题一般采用寻读法即先读题，然后带着问题快速阅读短文，找出与问题有关的词语或句子，再对相关部分进行分析对比，找出答案。