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請依下文回答第 41 題至第 45 題： Several years back, I visited Iceland in the dead of winter. I was researching a book on global happiness, and the smallNordic nation intrigued me. What was this country, adrift in the freezing North Atlantic, doing 41 atop the world'shappiness rankings? In pursuit of answers, I buttonholed anyone willing to talk, dined on rotten shark, drank excessively, and, of course,42 a dip in the Blue Lagoon, the otherworldly geothermal waters that have become synonymous with Icelandic bliss.Shortly after I left, Iceland's largest banks 43 belly up and the nation's economy teetered on the verge of collapse, collateral damage from the global financial meltdown of 2008. The unemployment rate spiked eightfold. Trustin institutions, like the banks and parliament, plummeted. I assumed that the nation's happiness also nosedived.I was wrong. "The economic crisis had a 44 effect on happiness," according to health scientist DoraGudmundsdottir, author of an exhaustive study published in the Social Indicators Research Journal. Not only did thenation's overall happiness dip only slightly during the crisis, but 25% of Icelanders reported greater happiness. What wasgoing on? I emailed Karl Blöndal, a newspaper editor I had met in Reykjavik. “A lot of individuals have been hit hard, pensioners losttheir savings. But one thing about living in a small community is that everyone you know is 45 reach,” he explained. “Thosewho lose their jobs are not isolated, the risk of estrangement is not the same as it would be in bigger societies.”
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(B) situated
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