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The world's friendliest city
A team of social psychologists from California has spent six years studying the reactions of people in cities around the world to different situations.The results show that cities where people have less money generally have friendlier populations.Rio de Janeiro in Brazil,which is often known for its crime,comes out top,and the capital of Malawi,Lilongwe,comes third.
But what makes one city friendlier than another?The psychologists from California State University say it has got more to do with environment than culture or nationality.
They carried out a study into the way locals treated strangers in
23cities around the world.The team conducted their research through a series of tests,where they dropped pens or pretended they were blind and needed help crossing the street.
The study concludes that people are more helpful in cities with a more relaxed way of life such as Rio.While they were there, researchers received help in93percent of cases,and the percentage in Lilongwe was only a little lower,However,richer cities such as Amsterdam and New York are considered the least friendly.Inhabitants
of Amsterdam helped the researchers in53percent of cases and in New York just44percent.The psychologists found that,in these cities,people tend to be short of time,so they hurry and often ignore strangers.
adapted from an article by Victoria Harrison,BBC News
city positive aspects negative aspects%of help
received
Rio de Janeiro
?friendly
inhabitants
?more
1........lifestyle
?People don't
have so much
2.............
?Has reputation for
3.............
93%
Amsterdam and
New York?richer
People...
?have little 4............
?don't pay
attention
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Amsterdam:53%
New York:44%
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The happiest country in the world
Children growing up in Costa Rica are surrounded by some of the most beautiful and diverse landscapes in the world.Preserving tropical rainforests isn't Costa Rica's only success,because the government also makes sure everyone has access to health-care and education.So when the New Economics Foundation released its second Happy Planet index,Costa Rica came out number one.The index is a ranking of countries based on their impact on the environment and the health and happiness of their citizens.
According to Mariano Rojas,a Costa Rican economics professor,Costa
Rica is a mid-income country where citizens have plenty of time for themselves and for their relationships with others.‘A mid-income
level allows most citizens to satisfy their basic needs.The government makes sure that all Costa Kicans have access to education,health and nutrition services.Costa Ricans,he believes,are not interested in
status or spending money to show how successful they are.
Created in2008,the Happy Planet Index examines happiness on a national level and ranks143countries according to three measurements: their citizens'happiness,how long they live(which reflects their health),and how much of the planet's resources each country consumes. According to researcher Saamah Abdallah,the Index also measures the outcomes that are most important,and those are happy,healthy lives for everyone.
adapted from Yes!Magazine
The Happy Planet Index
Year started:1..................
Number of countries it lists:2.................
Measures each country's happiness according to:
?its effect on the3.................(i.e.the quantity
of the Earth's 4....................that it uses);
?The5.............of the population(i.e.how long people live);?how happy its6...............are.
Answer Key
Reading:1relaxed2money3crime4time5strangers
Listening:1Leo Blucher2Blumengasse343121105741st
5nine/9days6two hundred/2007kitchen8(the)sea
9quiet10parking space/parking/space
Reading:1200821433environment4resources5health6citizens
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雅思阅读预测真题库3参考答案
Life-Casting, Can We Call It Art? D/C/G/H/F YES/NO/NOT GIVEN/NO/YES/YES B/D Multitasking Debate F/I/C/B/G/C/B/A YES/YES/NO/NOT GIVEN/NO Save Endangered Language v/x/iii/vii/viii/ii G/C/B/E/A/D/C/D Roller Coaster chain/loop/gear/simple motor/ice/waxed slides/melt/wheels/coal/steam engine NOT GIVEN/YES/YES/NO Mammoth Kill Hunting / overkill model / disease / empirical evidence / climatic
instability / geographical ranges(原文在题目上少留了一个空，在reduced的后面，答案就是这个词) / Younger Dryas event / A / B / A / B / B / C The Fruit Book D/A/C/B/E/I fruit/fibre/uxi/unpredictable/piquia/subsistence/commercial potential/NTFPs(or non-timber forest products) Alfred Nobel FALSE/NOT GIVEN/FALSE/FALSE/TRUE/TRUE Chemicalengineering/Ascanio Sobrero/gunpowder/Stockholm/detonator/pneumaticdrill/ cost The History of Automobiles G/A/B/D/C internal combustion(engine)/status/93 minutes(or 1 hour 33 minutes)/(polluting)gas-guzzler/the oil crisis/fuel efficiency(or power)/fuels B Refrigerator D/C/F/E/B