Emotional intelligence helps us to better understand ourselves and others. It can help us make better decisions, ones that are in harmony with our true beliefs and values. But what does emotional intelligence look like in real life? In EQ Applied: The Real-World Guide to Emotional Intelligence, the author expresses his opinion on that.Take a look, and see whether they describe your everyday habits.

    You take your time.

    You know that emotions and feelings are temporary and that making sudden decisions leads to regrets.

    You praise.

    You look for the good in others. When you find it, you tell them what you appreciate and why. In doing so, you lift others up and bring out the best in them.

    Nowadays, people often fail to keep an appointment—from a handshake deal to weekend plans. But you'd better try to keep your word in things big and small— and that helps build your reputation as both reliable and trustworthy.

    You say sorry.

    You're not afraid to apologize when you mess up. Sometimes, you even apologize when you're right because you value your relationship.

    You forgive and forget.

    And if they refuse, you move on anyway— and prevent others from holding your emotions hostage.

    You learn from mistakes.

    No one can perfectly manage their emotions. But you work hard to learn from those mistakes—to study your own behavior and identify your triggers(起因).

A. You show gratitude.

B. You stick to your word.

C. You are always willing to learn from others.

D. Here are some of the characteristics that accompany a high EQ.

E. When others apologize, you put it behind you and never bring it up again.

F. Meanwhile you build habits that will help you handle those situations better the next time.

G. That's why you pause before speaking or acting, especially when you recognize you're not calm.

The First time someone thought of an idea similar to a parachute (降落伞) was in 1514. It was Leonardo da Vinci sketched its design in his notebook. Many years later, another man by the name of Fausto Veranzio published his own design, which was strikingly similar to of Da Vinci. Veranzio went on (explain) exactly how this device would work when jumping from a high place. However, the first man to successfully try the parachute (say) to be a Frenchman named J.P. Blanchard. He dropped a little dog sitting in a basket all by (it) from a hot air balloon in flight and watched it land on the ground (save). He even claimed that he used the parachute himself in 1793. was unlucky was that he broke his leg when he touched the ground.

The first man to use the parachute regularly was Frenchman named Andre-Jacques Garnerin. According to a recorded documentation, he went parachuting the first time in 1797, when he jumped off a (high) of 600 meters but landed securely.

    Books can't stop a global pandemic. But, for a short while, they can let us forget the world around us and transport us to different places, allowing us to travel in spirit. Here are some picks for this month:

    Rohinton Mistry: A Fine Balance

    Mistry's novel focuses on the lives of four central characters whose lives are on a downward spiral, from poverty to outright destitution and, ultimately, death.

    Mistry does not whitewash the reality of urban poverty in India. But as readers, we become absorbed in his characters lives we hope with them, we fear for them and, at the end, we cry for them.

    Elena Ferrante: Mу Brilliant Friend

    Elena Ferante'r novels take us straight to the Italian city of Napoli Starting with My Brilliant Friend, the four novels chart the intensive relationship between two girl, Elena Greco (Lenù) and Raffaella Cerullo(Lila) who grow up in a poor neighborhood in the 1950s.

    Reading Ferrante's description calls forth images of Napoli and makes us feel like we are standing in the Piazza del Plebiscito. We can fell, hear and smell Napoli around us.

    Patrick Modiano: The Search Warrant

    The Search Warrant pieces together the real-life story of Dora Bruder, a young Jewish girl who went missing in Paris in December 1941. Modiano attempts to retrace Dora's movements across Paris and his book is full of evocative descriptions of quiet squares and streets.

    By tracing Dora's possible steps, Modiano evocatively recreates the twilight atmosphere of Paris under occupation.

    Kazuo Ishiguro: The Remains of the Day

    The Remains of the Day tells the story of Stevens, the aged butler of Darlington Hall, and his ill judged life choices that saw him being involved with British fascism in the interwar years.

    This allusion to British fascism in particular is something that makes this novel stand out; it is a subject matter not often discussed or even taught.

Edinburgh,  (lie) in the southeast of Scotland, is the capital of Scotland.

With  (it) museums, shops, wonderful historic castles (城堡) and many restaurants, there are many interesting things for visitors  (enjoy) all year round.

Besides, there is more to have fun in Edinburgh. Each year, the Edinburgh International Festival  (take) place in the city. In late summer, for three weeks, the festival presents classical music, theatre, opera and dance throughout the city. Whatever your cultural  (taste) are, you are sure to find something to enjoy.

So far, the Edinburgh International Festival has earned its reputation(声誉) as one of the world's (great) celebrations of the arts. The founders believed that the programmers should be of the highest possible artistic standard presented by the best artists in the world, that  festival should enrich(丰富) the cultural life of European  that it should provide a platform(平台) for the flowering of the human spirit.

The popularity of the festival led  the birth of another festival soon- the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Both of them have been  (wide) popular over the past 70 years.

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    Electronic games are often seen as a distraction from schoolwork, but now, there's a school course to study them- since this semester, Peking University has  1 an optional course called General Theory of Electronic Games, which has gained 2among students. It was 3 designed to accept 120 students, but around 200 attended the first two lessons.

    However, the new course has caused a heated public debate. Some people think that as the celebrated Peking University has opened a course on electronic games, students may believe it's 4 to play games rather than 5 the research.

    In response to these 6, the course teacher explained that the course isn't designed to 7 conventional view. "I like playing games, but fully 8of the problems that the games have brought about," he said. "I have a sense of 9. I want more students to know what electronic games are —their benefits and harms."

    Instead of teaching students how to play electronic games, the course will 10 issues related to electronic games, such as research and development, technology and 11psychology.

    This new course at Peking University arrives at a time when China's game industry is 12. China's video game market is the world's largest and is expected to continue to 13.

    And the flourishing industry has 14 influenced many Chinese people, especially the young. More than 38 percent of Chinese people younger than 26 said their ideal job would be to work as a(n) 15 electronic gamer.

    Despite this, a professor from Shenzhen University said it is 16 for universities and individuals to keep a 17 head in face of the market. "I hope the public can view electronic games as 18 activity and leave enough room for 19 development," he said. "Parents and teachers should also help students choose majors that can give full play to their 20.

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下而写出修改后的词。

注意：1）每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2）只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Linda Evans was my neighbor and best friend. When I was 13, my family moves away. Then we lost in touch. Over the years, I missed Linda very much. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda should fill.

One day I was reading a newspaper while I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda. So I decided to wrote to her. She called as soon as she got letter. She said excited, "The woman in the photo is my mother." Minutes late I heard a voice that I knew very well, even after 40 years. We laughed and cried and talking about each other's lives. Now the empty place in my heart has filled.