Question

【题目】Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

Where do you think the world’s happiest people live? Somewhere hot with sandy beaches? A country with a tradition of the fine food and culture? Not according to a recent study by the university of Leicester. Who are the happiest people on Earth? 【1】 Surprised? Well you’ll be more surprised when you hear that the Danes pay some of the highest taxes in the world. So what is the secret of their success?

Let’s start with all that tax they pay. The Danish government provides its people with one of the finest education and health systems in the world. It spends more on children and elderly people per capital than other country.

And there’s another advantage to those high taxes. Because a shop assistant’s final salary is not that much less than someone who works in a bank, for example, Danes don’t choose their careers based on money or status as people in other countries do. They choose the job they want to do. There’s a philosophy in Denmark known as “Jante-lov”, which translates as “you’re no better than anybody else.” 【2】 But workers in other countries are not used to looking at life in this way.

Money doesn’t seem as important in Denmark. It has been called a “post consumerist” society. 【3】 What is more important is the sense of society and it’s no surprise that Danes are very used to socializing. 92% of Danes belong to some kind of social club and these clubs are even paid for by the government.

【4】 They also show an amazing amount of trust in each other and their government. You can see sighs of this all over the country. You’ll find vegetable stalls with no assistant. You take what you want and leave the money in a basket. perhaps the bike is a good symbol for Denmark. The Danes can afford cars but they choose bikes—simple, economical, non-polluting machines that show no status and help keep people fit.

A. In a list ranking countries by the happiness of their citizens, it pm tropical Fiji 50 places below freezing Iceland.

B. The street sweeper can hold his head up high as he proudly does his job.

C. Danish people aren’t as suspicious as many other nations.

D. Most Danes are used to seeing between 50-70% of their salary going to the government!

E. Those 5.5 million people who call Denmark their home.

F. People have nice things in their houses, but they’re not mad about shopping and spending.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】B

【3】F

【4】C

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，从几个方面介绍了丹麦是世界上最具幸福感的国家。

【1】空后说当你听说丹麦人缴纳了世界上最高的税时，你会更加惊讶，“the Danes”表明此处会提到丹麦（人），故E项（拥有550万人口的丹麦是世界上最具幸福感的国家）符合语境。

【2】空后说但其他国家的工人不习惯这样看待生活，此处是丹麦的工人与其他国家的工人相对比，因此此处会提到丹麦工人工作的一种情况，故B项（扫大街的人可以昂起头，自豪地工作）符合语境。

【3】空前说丹麦是一个“后消费主义”社会，此处解释原因，故F项（人们在他们的家里有很好的东西，但是他们不喜欢购物和消费）符合语境。

【4】空后说他们还表现出对彼此和政府的巨大信任，“also”表明此处应该还会提到丹麦人的一种积极的做法，They指代的就是C项中的Danish people，故C项（丹麦人不像许多其他国家的人那样多疑）符合语境。

在六选四的解题过程中，空处上下文中出现的and，also, moreover, even, yet，but, however等表示并列、递进或转折关系的词语往往是重要线索，例如本篇第4题，空后说他们还表现出对彼此和政府的巨大信任，“also”表明此处应该还会提到丹麦人的一种积极的做法，They指代的就是C项中的Danish people，故C项（丹麦人不像许多其他国家的人那样多疑）符合语境。