The sentence，which puzzled John，was also    me and we had to turn to our English teacher for help.

A．beyond           B．over              C．after             D．off

I didn’t have enough money on me，or I    that iphone on sale the other day.

A．would buy                             B．would have bought

C．will buy                               D．bought

Online music providers in China hope to set up a plan that will charge individual users for music    

A．prints            B．projects           C．records           D．downloads

As everybody knows，     a person I s，the more things he needs to do tomorrow.

A．the lazy           B．lazier             C．the lazier          D．the laziest

Mo Yan’s novel，Red Sorghum，     was made into a film，won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 1988．

A．that              B．which             C．what             D．it

In a new study of African elephants，researchers have    four distinct characters that are among a group.

A．convinced         B．identified          C．differed           D．existed

Only when you are living in a foreign country    the importance of English.

A．you can realize     B．you realized        C．did you realize      D．can you realize

To see a young couple loving each other is    ；but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all.

A．no wonder        B．no doubt          C．no way            D．no problem

-Sorry，I shouldn’t have rushed you.

一    ．How about having a walk in the park beside the theatre？

A．You are welcome                        B．That’s right

C．I have no idea                          D．Never mind

Switzerland is the best place to be born in the world in 2013，and the US is just 16th. A new study made by the Economist Intelligence Unit says American babies will have a dimmer（暗淡）future than those born in Hong Kong，Ireland and even Canada. The EIU，a sister company of The Economist，tried to measure how well countries will provide the best opportunities for a healthy，safe and prosperous life in years to come.

People born in Switzerland will tend to be the happiest and have the best quality of life in terms of wealth，health and trust in public institutions，according to the analysis. The Scandinavian countries of Norway，Sweden and Denmark also all make the top five in a‘quality-of-lif e’index(指数）where it is best to be born next year.

One of the most important factors is being rich，but other factors come into play including crime，trust in public institutions and the health of family life. In total，the index takes into account 11 factors. These include fixed factors such as geography，others that change slowly over time such as demography (人口学) social and cultural characteristics, and the state of the world economy. The index also looks at income per head in 2030，which is roughly when children born in 2013 will reach adulthood. Small economies take up the top 10 countries，with Australia coming second and New Zealand and the Netherlands not too far behind.

Half of the top 10 countries are European，but only one，the Netherlands，is from the eurozone. The crisis-ridden south of Europe，including Greece，Portugal and Spain，falls behind despite the advantage of a favourable climate. Interestingly，the largest European economies-Germany，France and Britain-do not do particularly well. Nigeria has the unenviable(不值得羡慕的)title of being the worst country for a baby to enter the world in 2013.

1.According to the passage，the happiest people live in      ·

A．Denmark          B．Switzerland        C．Germany          D．Nigeria

2.The factors of telling the best place to be born don’t include      ．

A．economy                             B．geography

C．trust in public institutions                 D．pollution

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text？

A．The Economist Intelligence Unit is a company.

B．The Economist attempted to measure the best place to live.

C．The Scandinavian countries are hardly at the top of the list.

D．Half of the top 10 countries are from the eurozone.

4.The purpose of the text is to show people      ．

A．the best place to be born in 2013

B．a new study made by the EIU

C．the worst country to be born in 2013

D．the factors of measuring the best place to be born