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阅读下面短文,根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。
注意:每个空格只填一个单词。
    Iceland has the highest birth rate in Europe, the highest divorce rate, and the highest percentage of women working outside the home. Such statistics are often evidence of an unhappy, troublesome society, with loads of children, broken homes and absent mothers. But Iceland is the exception — its citizens are apparently the happiest in the world. New rankings from the United Nations rate Icela
nd as the best country in the world in which to live.
    Perhaps the country's geographic location contributes to Icelanders' happiness.  Located in the middle of the North Atlantic, with Greenland as its nearest neighbor, Iceland is free from the taboos(禁忌)that cause so much suffering elsewhere. For instance, people who divorce are not looked down upon by the society.
    Icelanders' ancestors are the Vikings, a north European people who invaded(侵略)European coasts from the beginning of the 8th through the 10th century. This tradition of getting out into the world lives on in modern-day Iceland. Practically all Icelanders have studied or worked in other countries, and most speak English. Perhaps as a result, Iceland's economic policies combine the best of those from Europe and the US to create its own welfare system.
    Indeed, the country is rich in writers, painters, film makers and accomplished musicians. There's Sigur Ros,a post-rock band that plays to the highest standards all over the world. Half the population appears to have written a book.
    "Iceland has terrible nature, with its bitter ever-changing weathen” said Haraldur Jonsson, a painter, video and performance artist. “We cannot escape it. So we find ways to live with it. We have to have a rich life to fill the empty spaces.”
An island with the
  
An island with the77_____ citizens♦   It is the best country to live in with many troublesome problemssuch as loads of children, broken homes and 78_____ of mothers.
♦   The 79_____ makes Iceland free from much suffering caused by social taboos.
An island with the80_____ tradition of going out♦   The tradition comes from the ancestors who invaded European coasts for 81_____ centuries.
♦   The tradition contributes to Iceland's 82_____ economic policies.
An island with a 83_____ life♦   Icelanders find ways to 84 their bitter ever-changing weather and create colorful culture.
♦      85_____ of the population appear to have written a book and most of them are artists in various fields.
 

参考答案

76.Information \ Facts   
77. happiest   
78. absence 
79. location
80.continued\continuing\continuous\uninterrupted\inherited
81.three\3   
82.combined 
83.rich 
84. bear\stand\tolerate 
85. Half

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