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British people have the worst quality of life in Europe, according to a report which highlights （强调) the long hours, bad weather, low life expectancy and high price of many goods.
In a study of ten of the largest European countries, Britain, which was considered a popular country to live in, now comes last followed by Ireland, with France and Spain topping the table.
Though British families enjoy the highest income in Europe, they still have to fight with a high cost of living, with fuel, food and alcohol all costing more than the European average.
With the high price of petrol, the UK is the second most expensive country in Europe. However, diesel (柴油) is more expensive in the UK than anywhere else in Europe.
The report by the website uSwitch analyses 10 European countries against 17 different benchmarks(基准点), from the price of gas, electricity, fuel, food and drink to the money each country spends on education, health to working conditions and the weather.
The top three countries are France, Spain and Denmark, with Sweden, Ireland and Britain coming eighth, ninth and tenth respectively.
The study comes less than a week after the United Nations moved Britain out of the top 20 list of most desirable countries to live in for the first time.
Although France and Germany were at the beginning hit hard by the global financial crisis, both have officially got out of the trouble, while Britain has yet to prove this has happened. Later this week, despite (尽管) signs of recovery in the housing market and rising sales, unemployment is still expected to have climbed to above 2.5 million for the first time since 1994.
小题1:Which country has the best quality of life in Europe according to the report?

A．Ireland.

B．France.

C．Sweden.

D．Denmark

小题2:Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A．British families are suffering from the high cost of living.

B．The report comes after the website uSwitch analysed 10 Asian countries.

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

D．The quality of British life is reported to be terrible because of the bad working conditions.

小题3:The underlined word “desirable” probably means .

A．terrible

B．attractive

C．expensive

D．different

小题4: What can we infer from the last paragraph?

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

B．Unemployment in Britain is expected to go down soon.

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

D．Britain has recovered from the crisis together with France and Germany.

小题1:B
小题1:A
小题1:B
小题1:A

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