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【题目】 Finland is the happiest place on Earth, according to the 2018 World Happiness Report of 156 nations.

The report, released Wednesday by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Solutions Network, ranks the countries of the world based on six different categories of well-being: income, freedom, trust, life expectancy, generosity and social support. This year's report also pays special attention to the happiness of each country’s immigrants.

The U.S. dropped four spots from 2017 and landed in 18th place, and last year’s winner, Norway, came in second place — followed by Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland.Rounding out the top 10 happiest countries was Canada in sixth place, then New Zealand, Sweden and Australia. The order of the top 10 nations changed from the 2017 list but the countries did not, according to the report.

“The most striking finding of the report is the remarkable consistency between the happiness of immigrants and the locally born,” Helliwell said in a statement. “Although immigrants come from countries with very different levels of happiness, their reported life evaluations resemble those of other residents in their new countries. Those who move to happier countries gain, while those who move to less happy countries lose.”

Other major world powers placed in significantly low spots on the list. Germany came in 15th, the UK was 19th — followed by Japan in 54th place, Russia in 59th and China in 86th.

The report, based on surveys completed by citizen volunteers, came just under a week before World Happiness Day on March 20, when the UN declared to recognize “the relevance of happiness and well-being as universal goals and aspirations in the lives of human beings around the world and the importance of their recognition in public policy objectives”.

1The US ranked in 2017.

A.14B.10

C.18D.22

2What is the most significant finding of the report?

A.That immigrants are different from residents in the country.

B.That immigrants come from countries with different levels of happiness.

C.That immigrants become happy when they leave the country.

D.That immigrants and locals feel the similar level of happiness.

3What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A.Happiness is no less important than any other aspect in life.

B.People’s happiness and well-being should be considered when it comes to policy-making.

C.The happiness report came under a week before World Happiness Day.

D.What the UN declared was beneficial to all human beings.

4What is the best title of the passage?

A.World Happiness Day.B.Happiness — forever pursuit.

C.What's your happiness index(指数)?D.The 2018 World Happiness Report.

【答案】

1A

2D

3B

4D

【解析】

本文是说明文。文章介绍了2018年世界幸福报告。联合国可持续发展解决方案网络(Sustainable Development Solutions Network)周三发布的这份报告,根据收入、自由、信任、预期寿命、慷慨和社会支持六种不同的幸福程度对世界各国进行了排名。

1细节理解题。根据第三段中的The U.S. dropped four spots from 2017 and landed in 18th place, and last year’s winner, Norway, came in second place — followed by Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland.(美国自2017年以来下降了4位,排在第18位,去年的冠军挪威位居第二,丹麦、冰岛和瑞士紧随其后)可知,美国2018年排名18,比2017年下降了4个名次,因此2017年排名第14。故选A

2细节理解题。根据倒数第三段中的The most striking finding of the report is the remarkable consistency between the happiness of immigrants and the locally born(报告中最引人注目的发现是移民和当地出生的人的幸福程度惊人地一致)可知,这份报告最令人震惊的发现是,移民和本地出生的人的幸福感惊人地一致。故选D

3推理判断题。根据最后一段中的the UN declared to recognize the relevance of happiness and well-being as universal goals and aspirations in the lives of human beings around the world and the importance of their recognition in public policy objectives”(联合国宣布承认“幸福和福祉作为全世界人类生活的普遍目标和愿望的重要性及其在公共政策目标中的重要性”)可推知,在决策时要考虑人民的幸福和福祉。故选B

4主旨大意题。根据第二段中的The report, released Wednesday by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Solutions Network, ranks the countries of the world based on six different categories of well-being: income, freedom, trust, life expectancy, generosity and social support. (联合国可持续发展解决方案网络(Sustainable Development Solutions Network)周三发布的这份报告,根据收入、自由、信任、预期寿命、慷慨和社会支持六个不同的福利类别,对世界各国进行了排名)可知,本文主要介绍了联合国可持续发展解决方案网络(Sustainable Development Solutions Network)周三发布的一份2018年世界幸福报告。由此可知,DThe 2018 World Happiness Report.2018年世界幸福报告)适合做本文最佳标题。故选D

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