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The ambitious 【B2】______ to compare happiness levels around the world is based on the principle that wealth is not the only 【B3】______ of human satisfaction and well-being. The index of 111 countries uses 【B4】______ 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 【B5】______ 10. That put it well ahead of second-place Switzerland, which managed 8.07. Zimbabwe (津巴布韦), troubled by political insecurity and hunger, is rated the lowest, 【B6】______ only 3.89 points.
"Although rising incomes and increased individual choices in developed countries are 【B7】______ valued," the report said, "some of the factors associated with 【B8】______ 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 highest gross domestic product per head in the world in 2005, low unemployment, political 【B9】______ —with the preservation of certain warm elements of the old, such as 【B10】______ family and community life."
【B1】

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

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The homeless population represents all of us Americans, It includes men and women, the elderly, children, and infants. Its members are from all ethnic (种族的) groups. What they have in common is poverty.
Currently in the U.S., thirty-nine million people live in poverty. When money is really tight, paying the rent or buying food often becomes a choice. Government assistance in the form. of food stamps does help but, as one homeless man explains, you can't pay the rent with food stamps.
With no money for rent, the streets and homeless shelters become the alternative.
Although men constitute the largest group within the homeless population, homeless women with children are rapidly joining them. In fact, one quarter of the homeless people in the U.S. are teenagers and young children.
People may become homeless for numerous reasons. However there are certain factors that many of these individuals have in common. They include a lack of adequate education and job skills. A majority of the teenagers and adults have not completed high school.
The abuse of alcohol and drugs is also a common factor. One third of the adult homeless population abuses alcohol, while one quarter of the same group uses drugs.
Some members of this population suffer mental health problems. Within the past several years many institutions for the menially ill have been closed and their patients sent "home". Unfortunately, a number of those people have no home to go to and they are unable to adequately look after themselves.
Job loss in today's economy has also become a real factor in the loss of people's homes. The breakup of families through abandonment and divorce are also contributing factors, particularly when there are children involved. The parent who is left to care for the kids with inadequate income may be forced to depend on the homeless shelters to put a roof over their heads.
The writer thinks that the U.S. government's definition of the homeless reveals ______.

A. an insincere attitude toward the homeless
B. an unbearable attitude toward the homeless
C. an uncivilized attitude toward the homeless
D. an unsympathetic attitude toward the homeless

Woman: I heard John and Frank had a quarrel.Man: Oh, they soon made up.Question: What does

A. John and Frank had an argument, but now they are friends again.
B. John and Frank hate each other since their argument.
C. John and Frank pretended that they had a quarrel.
D. John and Frank often quarrel though they are friends.

The only thing ______ really matters to the parents is how soon their children can return

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

Section B Dialogue Comprehension
Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short conversations between a man and a woman. At the end of each conversation there is a question followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to the question from the four choices given and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
Woman: What do you like to do on your summer vacation?Man: I like nothing better than fishing on a hot summer day.Question: What does the man mean?

A. He doesn't like fishing on a hot summer day.
B. Although he likes fishing, he doesn't want to do it on a hot summer day.
C. Fishing is his favorite pastime on a hot summer day.
D. He likes nothing, including fishing on a hot summer day.

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