Professor Mayer, 【小题1】 by many as a leading expert in the study of changes to People's EQs, recently【小题2】the findings of a study on senior high school students. When some normal students were 【小题3】to some disabled students, they found that afterwards they were more willing to help people in difficulties. They also showed a better understanding of the disabled students' feelings. At the same time, there was a【小题4】 change in the disabled students' attitudes. They became more positive about their disabilities and were more 【小题5】to try new things. People with high EQs often have positive attitudes towards life and open minds to different ideas.

Puppies Understand You Even at a Young Age

We like to think our puppies can follow what we're telling them. Well, to some degree they can, even when they're 【小题1】. We have known for a long time that adult dogs are especially 【小题2】 in understanding cooperative communication from humans. They can spontaneously follow a human pointing gesture. They're even better at it than apes, which are much more closely related to us,【小题3】 speaking.

But is it a skill dogs pick up simply by spending time with people? Or is it a trait that was 【小题4】 for when dogs first became domesticated?

To find out, Bray and her colleagues 【小题5】 time with 375 puppies that were going to be trained to be service dogs. By working with pups that had spent most of their young lives with their owners, Bray could figure out whether dogs had to learn to 【小题6】 human communications -or if it's something they were born with.

The pups participated in tests designed to assess dogs1 social smarts. In one experiment, a researcher would hide food under one of two cups - and then call to the puppy and point toward the cup that held the 【小题7】. They found puppies were able to use this social signal 【小题8】 to choose the correct location.

In another experiment, a researcher would talk to a puppy. “Hi pup. Are you a good puppy? Yes, you are! What a good puppy! ”This goes on for about 30 seconds. During this interaction, the researcher would record how much time the pup spent gazing at her with 【小题9】 sight.

They found that puppies would respond to human social gaze and could successfully use information given by a human in social context from a very young age. “It seems likely that puppies really are starting the (ask with the communicative ability necessary to be successful rather than just quickly learning a(n)【小题10】 over the course of the task.” Bray added. All these findings suggest that dogs are biologically prepared for communication with humans.

Nowadays, there are many companies offering genetic(基因的) testing for children’s talents. A large number of people 【小题1】(have/has) been attracted to it. They are parents, eager to know what talents their children may have in the future, even though their children may still be in kindergarten. The process is simple. Every child 【小题2】(provide/provides) a small sample(样本) of blood. 【小题3】(This is/These are) analysed. Each of the children 【小题4】(is/are) given a report showing their possible talents. A recent example is that one of the testing companies 【小题5】(compare/compares) the talents of twins Bobby and Benny. Bobby was assessed and his talents 【小题6】(was/were) shown to be mostly scientific: a 66% chance of success in chemistry and 54% in physics 【小题7】(was/were) shown. Meanwhile, Benny’s highest score was shown to be in an arts subject: the test gave him 68% for literary studies. Is genetic testing reliable? Some scientists say that more evidence 【小题8】(is/are) needed.