About 40 years ago, the famous British band The Beatles sang that “money can’t buy me love”. Today, British economists are saying that it perhaps can’t buy you happiness either. This is showed by the happy planet index(HPI、快乐指数) published recently by the New Economics Foundation(NEF) in London.
The index is about how well countries are using their resources. It shows how well they provide people with better health and longer and happier lives, and at what cost to their environment.
It would seem to be common sense that people in richer countries live happier lives, while those in developing countries are having a harder time.
But the results are surprising, even shocking. The numbers show that some of the so-called developed countries are performing very badly. The United States, for example, comes in at an unbelievable 150th.
On the other hand, some little-known developing countries are doing a much better job. A tiny island in the Pacific, Vanuatu, comes in first. There are 178 countries and areas in the index. China ranks 31.
Countries are graded on the basis of information supplied in response to the following questions. How do people feel about their lives? How long does the average person live? How much of its natural resources does a country need to use keep its living standads? This is what the index calls the“ecological(生态) footprint”.
The NEF found that the people from island nations enjoy the highest HPI rankings. The index points out that people in the US and Germany enjoy similar lives. However, Germany’s ecological footprint is only about half that of the US.
69. The underlined word “it” in paragraph 1 refers to______?
A. A song B. The Beatles. C. Money. D. Love.
70. According to the passage, the most shocking thing is that_________.
A. Vanuatu comes in first in the index B. China ranks number 31 in the index
C. America comes in number 150 D. there are 178 countries and areas in the index
71. How many factors decide a country’s happy planet index according to the passage?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
72. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Being rich doesn’t mean being happy B. Americans are not happy
C. People in small countries are happy D. Why aren’t people in rich countries happy?

大约40年前，英国著名的甲壳虫乐队曾经唱道:“金钱买不来我的爱”。而今天，据英国的经济学家们说，你用金钱可能也买不到幸福。这是最近由伦敦新经济基金会(HPI)发布的地球幸福指数所显示的统计结果。

这一指数是对于各个国家合理利用自然资源状况的统计调查结果。它显示了各国为国民提供更健康，更易于长寿和更幸福生活的情况，以及与之相应的自然资源损耗的情况。

通常人们都认为，富裕国家人民的生活较为快乐，而发展中国家人民的生活较为艰难。

但是调查结果却超乎人们的想象，甚至令人瞠目结舌。部分所谓发达国家的表现相当地差强人意。举例而言，美国的排名竟然处于使人难以置信的第150位。

反之，一些寂寂无名的发展中国家却表现异常出色。小小的太平洋岛国瓦努阿图高居榜首。此次调查涉及178个国家和地区.其中中国位列第31位。

这个综合指数的国家排名,是根据针对以下问题的调查反馈结果产生的。人们觉得他们的生活如何？这个国家人口的平均寿命是多少？要维持现有生存标准,该国需要耗费多少自然资源？这就是之所以这个指数被称为“生态印迹指数”的原因。

NEF发现，居住在岛国的人们的幸福指数最高。这个指数表明,美国人和德国人享受着相近的生活水平。然而，德国的生态印迹指数却只及美国的一半左右。

69第一段中的划线单词“it”是指:
a. 一首歌 b.甲壳虫乐队 c.金钱 d.爱情

70根据文章，最令人震惊的事情是:
a.瓦努阿图高居榜首 b.中国位列第31 c.美国居第150位 d.共有178个国家和地区参与了该项指数调查

71，根据本文，有多少种因素决定一个国家的地球幸福指数:
a. 2 b.3 c.4 d.5

72.最适合本文的标题是:
a.富裕并不意味着幸福 b.美国人不幸福 c.小国家的人民很幸福 d.为什么富有国家的人民不幸福？