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Poets, songwriters and politicians hate the idea, but for decades opinion-poll evidence has been clear; money buys happiness and

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问题     Poets, songwriters and politicians hate the idea, but for decades opinion-poll evidence has been clear; money buys happiness and the richer you are, the more likely you are to express satisfaction with your life. A survey of 43 countries【C1】________on October 30th by the Pew Research Centre of Washington, DC, shows that people in【C2】________markets are expressing almost the same level of satisfaction as people in rich countries. It is the biggest【C3】________to the standard view of happiness and income seen【C4】________.
    The Pew poll asks respondents to【C5】________, on a scale from zero to ten, how good their lives are. (Those who say between seven and ten are counted as【C6】________.) In 2010, 57％ of respondents in rich countries put themselves in the top four tiers; in emerging markets the【C7】________was 33％; in poor countries only 16％—a classic【C8】________of the standard view.
    But in 2017, 54％ of rich-country respondents counted themselves as happy, whereas in emerging markets the percentage【C9】________to 51％. This was happening just at a time when emerging markets’ chances of converging economically【C10】________the West seemed to be【C11】________.
    Rich countries did not experience【C12】________declines in happiness. The decreases in America and Britain were tiny (a single percentage point),【C13】________the share of happy Germans rose 13 points. A large drop in formerly joyful Spain ensured a modest overall decline for the rich.【C14】________the convergence happened【C15】________huge improvements in countries such as Indonesia and Pakistan. In 12 of the 24 emerging markets, half or more people【C16】________their life satisfaction in the top tiers of the ladder.
    This is not to【C17】________the link between income and satisfaction has been snapped. Poor countries still【C18】________: only a quarter of the people there are in the happy tiers—half the level of the other two groups. There is【C19】________a clear link between happiness and income growth. China’s GDP rose at an annual average rate of 10％ in 2010-17 and its happiness level rose 26 points.【C20】________ countries, richer people express more satisfaction than their poorer neighbours.
【C3】
选项 A、publication
B、implication
C、provocation
D、qualification
答案D
解析 名词辨析题。A项publicationH版物；B项implication暗示；C项provocation挑衅；D项qualification 资格，资历，限制条件。原文说：It is the biggest________to the standard view of happiness and income seen________.大意为：这是迄今为止出现的最能证明上述关于幸福中收入的传统观点的证据。本题比较容易排除A、C两项。B项表示“暗示”，上文确提到a survey shows，其中show“显示，说明”与“暗示”矛盾，由此可见B项也非合适选像素答案利用排除法选择D项，文中the biggest qualification表示"最有资格说明，最能够证明答案为D项。
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