2015年职称英语考前复习指导重难点集训（66）
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They Say Ireland's the Best
Ireland is the best place in the world to live for 2005, according to a life quality ranking that appeared in Britain's Economist magazine last week.
The ambitious attempt to #pare happiness levels around the world is based on the principle that wealth is not the only measure of human satisfaction and well-being.
The index of 111 countries uses data on in#es, health, unemployment, climate, political stability, job security, gender equality as well as what the magazine calls “freedom, family and #munity life”.
Despite the bad weather, troubled health service, traffic congestion（拥挤）， gender inequality, and the high cost of living, Ireland scored an impressive 8.33 points out of 10.
That put it well ahead of second-place Switzerland, which managed 8.07. Zimbabwe troubled by political insecurity and hunger, is rated the gloomiest（最差的）， picking up only 3.89 points.
“Although rising in#es and increased individual choices are highly valued,” the report said, “some of the factors associated with modernization such as the breakdown（崩溃）in traditional institutions and family values in part take away from a positive impact.”
“Ireland wins because it successfully #bines the most desirable elements of the new with the preservation of certain warm elements of the old, such as stable family and #munity life.”
The magazine admitted measuring quality of life is not a straightforward thing to do, and that its findings would have their critics.
No. 2 on the list is Switzerland. The other nations in the top 10 are Norway, Luxembourg, Sweden, Australia, Iceland, Italy, Denmark and Spain.
The UK is positioned at No. 29, a much lower position chiefly because of the social and family breakdown recorded in official statistics. The US, which has the second highest per capita GDP（人均国内生产总值）after Luxembourg, took the 13th place in the survey. China was in the lower half of the league at 60th.
1 For 2,005 years, Ireland has been the best place for humans to live in.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
2 Job security is the least important measure of life quality.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
3 Cost of living in Ireland is pretty high.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
4 Family life in Zimbabwe is not stable.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
5 Ireland is positioned at No. 1 because it #bines the most desirable elements of the new with some good elements of the old.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
6 To measure life quality is easy.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
7 The United States of America is among the top 10 countries.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
参考答案： B C A C A B B
答案解析：
1. 本题在第一段的第一句话中可以找到答案，“Ireland is the best place in the world to live for 2005”，这句话的意思是说“到2005年的时候，爱尔兰是世界上最适合生活的地方”，而这道题的题干意思是“2005年以来，爱尔兰一直是最适合人类生活的地方”，显然和文中的意思不同，所以本题的答案选择B。
2. 文章的第三段提到了“job security”，但是并没有提到它是保证生活质量的最次要因素，所以答案选择C.
3. 本题的答案在文章的第四段可以找到，“Despite the bad weather, troubled health service, traffic congestion（拥挤）， gender inequality, and the high cost of living, Ireland scored an impressive 8.33 points out of 10.”，所以答案选择A。
4. 本题的关键词是Zimbabwe，所以首先我们要在文中找到Zimbabwe出现的段落，答案在第五段中，“Zimbabwe troubled by political insecurity and hunger, is rated the gloomiest（最差的）， picking up only 3.89 points. ”在这句话中，作者只提到了政治不安全以及饥饿对该国家的影响，并没有提到family life是否稳定，所以答案选择C.
5. 文章的第四段“Ireland wins because it successfully #bines the most desirable elements of the new with the preservation of certain warm elements of the old, such as stable family and #munity life.”已经给出了明确的答案，所以本题选择A。
6. 文中倒数第三段提到，“The magazine admitted measuring quality of life is not a straightforward thing to do,”衡量生活质量不是一件简单的事情，not straightforward=not easy，所以答案选择B.
7. 在文章的最后一段提到了美国的排名，“The US, which has the second highest per capita GDP（人均国内生产总值）after Luxembourg, took the 13th place in the survey.”，这句话指出美国的GDP排名第二，但是生活质量排名为第13位，所以美国不在前十名之列，答案选择B。
