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中考综合训练2015.5.5 *（A）Nation, fair, out, behave, follow, , donate, high, including, choice, Africa, showWHERE is the happiest place on Earth? No, it’s not Disney World, but a real country – Switzerland. Among them, West African country Togo is the least happy. The US and China rank 15th and 84th respectively on the list. On April 23, the United Nations published the World Happiness Report 2015. Switzerland ranks 1st among 158 nations, _________ by Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Canada. Western European countries take seven positions _______ of the top 10, while Afghanistan (阿富汗), Syria (叙利亚) and eight _______ countries make the bottom 10.The research is based on six measures. The first two are the GDP per capita (人均国内生产总值) and the citizens’ healthy life span (寿命). On average, Swiss people make $84,748 (525,821 yuan) a year and live 82 years. While for Togo, the numbers are $636 and 58 years.Other than the statistics, happiness is also________ by people’s feelings, ________ and everyday lives. Therefore, the measures of this research also ________ questions that are close to one’s daily life. For example, “Do you feel free to ________ what you do with your life?”, “Do you have relatives or friends you can count on to help you whenever you need them?”, “Have you ________ money to a charity in the past month?” and “Is corruption (贪污腐败) widespread?” People in Switzerland speak ______ of their nation in all these aspects.“This report gives evidence on how to achieve societal well-being. It’s not by money alone, but also by _______, honesty, trust, and good health,” said Jeffrey Sachs, one of the editors of the report. Happiness is important for a ________ progress and should be a key aim of public policy, says the report.*（B）我们为什么要学习数学？HAVE you ever thought, “Why do I have to learn math? I’m never going to use it!” Sometimes students think math is just something to torture (折磨) them, and that it has no practical value at all. Is it true?Math is the tool and language