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1、有二上名相试及D. the effects of scientific research on human lifeSection C ( 8 分)Directions: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box.Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.A. In a list ranking countries by the
2、 happiness of their citizens, it put tropical Fiji 50 places below freezingIceland.B. Danish people arent as suspicious as many other nations.C. The street sweeper can hold his head up high as he proudly does his job.D. People have nice things in their houses, but theyre not mad about shopping spend
3、ingE. Not according to a recent study by the University of Leicester.F. Yes, people are most satisfied if they live comfortably near the sea with a grand view.What is more important is the sense of society and its no surprise the Danes are very used tosocializing.Where do you think the worlds happie
4、st people live? Somewhere hot with sandy beaches?A countrywith a tradition of the fine food and culture? (47)In a list ranking countries by the happiness of theircitizcns.it put tropical Fiji 50 places below freezing Iceland,while Canada was far above France and Italy.And thehappiest people on Earth
5、?Those 5.5 million people who call Denmark their home.Surprised? Well youll be more surprised when you hear that the Danes pay some of the highest taxes in theworld.Most Danes arc used to seeing between 50-70% of their salary going to the government!So what is the secretof their success?Lets start w
6、ith ail that tax they pay.Thc Danish government provides its people with one of the finesteducation and health systems in the world.lt spends more on children and elderly people per than any other country.And theres another advantage to those high taxes.Because a rcfiisc collectors final salary is n
7、ot that muchless than someone who works in a bank.for cxamplc,Dancs dont choose their careers based on money or status aspeople in other countries do.Theres a philosophy in Denmark known as Antelope,which translates as youre nobetter than anybody else.”(48)But workers in other countries are not used
8、 to looking at life in this way.Money doesnt seem as important in Denmark.lt has been called a “post consumeristsociety.(49).What is more important is the sense of society and its no surprise that Danes are veryused to socializing 92% of Danes belong (o some kind of social club and these clubs are e
9、ven paid for by thegovernment.(50)They also show an amazing amount of (rust in each other and their government.You can seesigns of this all over the country.Youll find vegetable stalls with no assistant.You take wha( you want and leave themoney in a basket.Perhaps leave their bike in prams outside t
10、he supermarket while they do the shopping and Danesdont need to lock their bikes up when they leave them to go into a shop.Perhaps the bike is a good symbol fbrDen mark.The Danes can afford cars but they choose bikes-simple, economical,non-polluting machines that showno status and help keep people f
11、it.III. Summary Writing (10 分)Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no morethan 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Cryptocurrency (加密货币)Making payments online is very easy these days if you have a credit card or a bank ca
12、rd that used a paymentnetwork. Sending money online to a friend, you have to use a payment service like Google Pay or PayPal, or makea bank transfer. However, there is usually a significant delay before the receiver can use the money, and transferscan have sizeable fees.In 2(X)8, a group of people p
13、ublished a paper describing a process that would use crypto-graph (密码学)tocreate a secure electronic cash system, known as a cryptocurrency. Person - to - person payments could be madeonline using a shared network of computers instead of a bank or other financial organization. Each transactioncould h
14、appen very quickly. The shared network of computers would also serve as the means to confirm thosetransactions safely. Getting rid of the need fbr a centralized banking system would open up the possibility foranyone to become part of the digital economy.Today, （here are over a thousand different cry
15、ptocurrencies. Most are still trying （o be valid global paymentsystems like Bitcoin. They are held back by problems affecting the entire cryptocurrency industry. One issue isweak security on cryptocurrency websites where users either store their electronic cash. The websites are strugglingto protect
16、 their users from such thefts.Another problem is the large number of false cryptocurrencies advertised on the Internet. The advertisementsinvite Internet users to visit websites offering new cryptocurrencies. Many visitors are persuaded to buy theircryptocurrencies using actual money. Later, the websites disappear along with the victims money. In respon
