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Britishpeople have the worst quality of life in Europe, according to a report whichhighlights （强调) the longhours, bad weather, low life expectancy and high price of many goods.

In a studyof ten of the largest European countries, Britain, which was considered apopular country to live in, now comes last followed by Ireland, with France andSpain topping the table.

ThoughBritish families enjoy the highest income in Europe, they still have to fightwith a high cost of living, with fuel, food and alcohol all costing more thanthe European average.

With thehigh price of petrol, the UK is the second most expensive country in Europe.However, diesel (柴油) is moreexpensive in the UK than anywhere else in Europe.

The reportby the website uSwitch analyses 10 European countries against 17different benchmarks(基准点), fromthe price of gas, electricity, fuel, food and drink to the money each countryspends on education, health to working conditions and the weather.

The topthree countries are France, Spain and Denmark, with Sweden, Ireland and Britaincoming eighth, ninth and tenth respectively.

The studycomes less than a week after the United Nations moved Britain out of the top 20list of most desirable countries to live in for the first time.

AlthoughFrance and Germany were at the beginning hit hard by the global financialcrisis, both have officially got out of the trouble, while Britain has yet toprove this has happened. Later this week, despite (尽管) signs of recovery in the housingmarket and rising sales, unemployment is still expected to have climbed toabove 2.5 million for the first time since 1994.

1.Whichcountry has the best quality of life in Europe according to the report?

 A.Ireland.        B.France.         C.Sweden.         D. Denmark

2.Which isTRUE according to the passage?

A. Britishfamilies are suffering from the high cost of living.  

B. Thereport comes after the website uSwitch analysed 10 Asian countries.

C. Theprice of petrol is higher in Britain than anywhere else in Europe.

D. Thequality of British life is reported to be terrible because of the bad workingconditions.

3.Theunderlined word “desirable” probably means          .

A.terrible      B.attractive         C.expensive       D. different

4. Whatcan we infer from the last paragraph?

A. Britainis still struggling to get out of the global financial crisis.

B. Unemploymentin Britain is expected to go down soon.

C.Recovery in the housing market leads to unemployment in Britain.

D. Britainhas recovered from the crisis together with France and Germany.

试题答案

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.A

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