Ireland is the best place in the world to live for 2005, (31) a life quality ranking that appeared in Britain's Economist magazine last .week.
The ambitious (32) to compare happiness levels around the world is based on the principle that wealth is not the only (33) of human satisfaction and well-being. The index of 111 countries uses (34) on incomes, health, unemployment, climate, political stability, job security equality between men and women as well as what the magazine calls "freedom, family and community life".
Despite the bad weather troubled health service, traffic problems, and the high cost of living, Ireland scored an impressive 8.33 points (35) 10. That put it well ahead of second-place Switzerland, which man- aged 8,07. Zimbabwe (津巴布韦), troubled by political insecurity and hunger, is'rated the lowest, (36) only 3.89 points.
"Although rising incomes and increased individual choices in developed countries are (37) valued," the report said, "some of the factors associated with (38) such as the breakdown in traditional institutions and family values in part take away from a positive impact.
"Ireland wins because it successfully combines the most desirable elements of the new—the fourth high- est gross domestic product per head in the world in 2005, low unemployment, political (39) —with the preservation of certain warm elements of the old, such as (40) family and community life./

A、 following up
B、 coming with
C、 according to
D、 except for

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] A follow即对......采取进一步行动；深入调查。B .come with跟随。C .according to根据，依据。Aexcept for除了。根据句义，此处的正确答案应该是C。

单选题 A. attempt I3. attack C. attitude D. attraction

A
B
C
D

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] A .attempt尝试。B. attack攻击。C. attitude态度。D. attraction吸引，吸引之处。“对全世界的幸福水平进行对比”应该是一次“尝试”。所以答案是A。

A、 reason
B、 volume
C、 measure
D、 monitor

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] A. reason原因。B. volume(丛书中的)册、集等；体积，容积；大量，许多。C. measure测量；尺度，标准；手段。Ilmonitor班长，监听器，监测器。财富并不是测量人们生活满意度的惟一标准。

A、 amount
B、 data
C、 number
D、 account

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] A. amount数量。B. data数据，资料。C. number数目。D. account账户。111个国家应该使用的是“数据”。所以答案应该是B。

A、 up to
B、 out of
C、 off and on I
D、 in about

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] “得分+out of+总分”是表达分数的固定搭配。

A、 missing
B、 getting
C、 keeping I
D、 putting

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] A .miss错过。A get得到。C. keep保持，维持。D. put放置。根据句义，正确答案应该是B。

单选题 A. hardly R excessively C. highly D. passively

A
B
C
D

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] A .hardly几乎。B. excessively过度地，过分地。C .highly高高地。D. passively被动地，消极地。所以答案为C。

A、 modernization
B、 civilization
C、 constitution
D、 tradition

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] A. modernization现代化。B. civilization城市化。C. constitution宪法；组成，组建；体制，体格on tradition传统。只有“现代化”带来了“传统制度和家庭价值的崩溃”。

A、 liberties
B、 activities
C、 unions
D、 campaigns

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] A. liberties自由，解放。B. activities行动，活动。C. unions联盟，联合，结合。D. campaigns战役，运动。根据句义，答案应该是A。意思是“政治氛围宽松自由”。

A、 sticky
B、 static
C、 steep
D、 stable

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] A. sticky黏性的，不愉快的。B．static静止的，静态的。C. steep陡峭的，陡直的。D. stable稳定的，稳固的，安定的。