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Practice Reading: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers ID: #43991 Nordic countries
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There are social psychologists who concluded that some countries are happier than others, based on collected data and surveys. A recent investigation suggests that Denmark is the most satisfied nation in the world, closely followed by other Nordic countries like Finland and Norway and Holland. Even the United Nations prepares annual report called the World Happiness Report, which in its second release also ranked the Nordic regions of the Old Continent as the happiest, while the United States, Egypt, and Greece turned out to be more disappointed than in the past. It is important to notice that the nations mentioned first are also the healthiest and wealthiest, and the ones that provide their citizens with a good level of education. The system their governments run seems to manage a pretty well-balanced relationship with its citizens. Thus, even though the population pays more taxes than in other places, they are rewarded with other benefits, e.g. shorter workweeks and more vacation time. Another fact that has caught the attention of experts is that happy countries are usually smaller than not so happy countries. Such is the case of Bhutan, a very small country between China and India, where happiness is actually a part of government policy: besides measuring GNP (Gross National Product), they measure GNH (Gross National Happiness).

Which of the following are true statements about the levels of happiness in countries?

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Option 2: "Recent studies suggest that lower levels of sickness in a country are closely related to higher levels of satisfaction."

Explanation: This option is correct as it aligns with the text's implication that healthier nations, which are also wealthier and provide good education, tend to be happier. The connection between health and happiness is a logical inference supported by the text.

Option 1: "If a country wants to raise the levels of happiness amongst its citizens, it must raise taxes."

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the text states that even though the population pays more taxes, they are rewarded with benefits like shorter workweeks and more vacation time. It does not imply that raising taxes is a necessary condition for increasing happiness.

Option 3: "Not only Nordic European nations have taken action towards the levels of happiness of their populations."

Explanation: This option is correct because the text mentions Bhutan as an example of a country that measures happiness as part of its government policy, indicating that actions towards happiness are not exclusive to Nordic nations.

Option 4: "If a country wants to raise the levels of happiness amongst its citizens, it must contract its geographical size."

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the text states that happy countries are usually smaller, but it does not suggest that reducing geographical size is a method to increase happiness. It merely presents a correlation.

Option 5: "The happiest countries are usually the bigger ones."

Explanation: This option is incorrect as it directly contradicts the text, which states that happy countries are usually smaller than less happy ones. Therefore, the assertion that the happiest countries are bigger is false.

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