According to Peter Salovey, Yale psychologist and author of the term EQ, IQ gets you hired and EQ gets you promoted. Salovey tells of a simple test. Some four-year-old kids were invited into a room and were given the following instruction: "You can have this marshmallow right now; or if you wait, you can have two marshmallows when I get back. " Then, the researcher left. Some kids grabbed for the treat as soon as the researcher was out the door, while Others waited for the researcher to return. By the time the kids reached high school, significant differences appeared between the two groups. The kids who held out for two marshmallows were better adjusted, more popular, more adventurous, more confident, and more dependable than kids in the quick gratification group. The latter group was also more likely to be lonely, more easily frustrated, more stubborn, more likely to buckle under stress, and more likely to shy away from challenges. When both groups took scholastic aptitude tests, the "hold out group" walloped the "quick gratification group" by 210 points (the test scores range from a minimum of 200 points to a maximum of 800, with an average for all students of 500 points). Researchers have been discussing whether it's possible to raise a person's IQ. Geneticists say No, while social scientists say Yes. But while brain power researchers continue the debate, social science re searchers have concluded that it's possible to improve a person's EQ, and in particular, a person's "people skills, " such as empathy, graciousness, and the ability to "read" a social situation. According to the social scientists, there is little doubt that people without sufficient EQ will have a hard time surviving in life. EQ is perhaps best observed in people described as either pessimists or optimists. Optimistic people have high EQ and treat obstacles as minor, while the pessimistic people have low EQ and personalizes all setbacks. In social research circles, EQ denotes one's ability to survive, and it's here that there may be an overlap between EQ, IQ, genetics and environment. As to that, I am reminded of the words of Darwin, "The biggest, the smartest, and the strongest are not the survivors. Rather, the survivors are the most adaptable. " Those of us who survive and thrive in this complex world are not only the most adaptable, but also the most optimistic and the most likely to have a high EQ.
单选题
EQ gets you promoted, not because ______. A. a person with high EQ is better adjusted B. a person with high EQ is more stubborn C. a person with high EQ is more confident D. A person with high EQ is more popular
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】本题要求考生在通读第二段的基础上进行判断。由第二段的第六句和第七句“The kids who held out for two marshmallows were batter adjusted, more popular, more adventurous, more confident...was also more likely to be lonely, more easily frustrated, more stubborn...(那些坚持住从而得到两个棉花糖的孩子比那些想要快速满足的孩子更能适应环境、更受欢迎、更具冒险精神、更自信…更容易感到孤独、更容易受挫、更固执…)”可知，“更固执”不是高情商的人的特点。所以，本题选择B。
单选题
The word "walloped" (Line 10, Paragraph 2 ) most probably means " ______" . A. hit B. defeated C. won D. lost
单选题
According to the social scientists, ______. A. pessimists have high EQ B. optimists have low EQ C. it's impossible to improve a person's EQ D. a person having low EQ will have a hard time surviving in life
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】由第四段第三句“Optimistic people have high EQ and treat obstacles as minor, while the pessimistic people have low EQ and personalizes all setbacks. (乐观的人有高情商并把挫折看得很小，而悲观的人情商很低，并容易放大各种挫折。)”可知，选项A和B都不正确。由第三段第三句“...social science researchers have concluded that it's possible to improve a person's EQ(社会科学研究人员总结说提高一个人的情商是有可能的)”可知，选项C不正确。由第四段第一句“According to the social scientists, there is little doubt that people without sufficient EQ will have a hard time surviving in life. (社会学家认为，毫无疑问，没有足够的情商的人生活会很艰难。)”可知，选项D正确。所以，本题选择D。
单选题
In the view of social scientists, EQ is ______. A. one's ability to survive B. empathy C. graciousness D. the ability to "read" a social situation
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】由第四段的第四句“In social research circles, EQ denotes one's ability to survive，(在社会研究界，情商指的是一个人的生存的能力，)”可知，选项A正确。选项B，C和D在第三段的最后一句“social science researchers have concluded that it's possible to improve a person's EQ, and in particular, a person's 'people skills, ' such as empathy, graciousness，and the ability to 'read' asocial situation. (社会科学研究人员总结说提高一个人的情商是有可能的，特别是提高一个人的‘人的技巧’，比如同情、礼貌和‘读’社会情况的能力。)”中出现，但这三者都只是情商的表现形式，归根结底，情商是指一个人的生存能力。所以，本题选择A。
单选题
From the text we can infer that ______. A. it's universally accepted that it is possible to improve one's IQ B. there is nothing in common between IQ and EQ C. a person with high EQ is willing to take risks D. a person with low EQ is likely to sympathize with other people
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】本题需要考生在通读全文的基础上进行判断。由第三段第一、二句“Researchers have been discussing whether it's possible to raise a person's IQ. Geneticists say No, while social scientists say Yes. (研究人员一直在讨论是否有可能提高一个人的智商。遗传学家说不可能，社会学家却说可能。)”可知，智商能否被提高，并没有一个统一的定论，所以，选项A不正确。由第四段第四句“In social research circles, EQ denotes one's ability to survive, and it's here that there may be all overlap between EQ, IQ, genetics and environment.(在社会研究界，情商指的是一个人的生存的能力，在这方面，它可能和智商，遗传学和环境有所重叠。)”可知，智商和情商有所重叠。所以，选项B不正确。由第二段第六句“...were better adjusted, more popular, more adventurous...(…更能适应环境、更受欢迎、更具冒险精神…)”可知，情商高的人更具冒险精神，所以，选项C正确。通读第三段可知，同情是高情商的一个表现，所以，选项D不正确。所以，本题选择C。