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Which countries have contributed the most to our advancement? Which people do best at school, and which people have the highest IQ? All these are important contributing factors when deciding where to visit next, no doubt. Luckily though, Vouchercloud has done the legwork for you and diligently researched and ranked the top 25 countries in the world by intelligence.

It quantifies intelligence to include the number of Nobel Prizes each nation has won to represent historic intelligence, the current average IQ and education attainment to represent the potential intelligence of the next generation.

Asia and Europe dominate the list, with Japan taking the top spot thanks to its high placing across all three metrics where it came fifth overall in the school test ranking and sixth overall in both Nobel prizes and current IQ.

The US comes in an impressive fourth. Although its ranking is flattered greatly by its extraordinary dominance in the Nobel category where at 368 prizes, it has nearly treble the UK in second place. However, in the current IQ the US comes a lowly 28th and school ranking a middling 13th—neither of which bodes well for its future ranking.

And while Europe has impressive five nations in the current top ten—Switzerland in second, Netherlands in fifth, Russia in sixth, Belgium in seventh and the UK in eighth—it’s Asia that points to the future. Coming in at 25th on the ranking is Singapore—its position greatly skewed by its lowly ranking of 73rd for Nobel prizes when it ranks first in both current IQ and education attainment.

1.Which of the following does NOT qualify the intelligence?

A The number of Nobel Prizes.

B The current average IQ.

C Education attainment.

D Financial earnings.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第二段可知，“聪明”量化为诺贝尔得奖者人数、目前国民的平均智商以及教育成就三方面，经济收入没有提到，故选D。

2.Why did Japan take the top spot?

A Because its school test ranked highly.

B Because it won the most Nobel prizes.

C Because its current IQ is the highest.

D Because it ranked highly across all three metrics.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第三段可知日本排在榜单首位是因为该国在三项指标排名中都很靠前，故选D。

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A The US has nearly twice the UK in the Nobel category.

B Asia has impressive five nations in the current top ten.

C The UK ranks first in both current IQ and education.

D Education attainment represents the potential intelligence of the next generation.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第二段...education attainment to represent the potential intelligence of the next generation.可知，教育成就代表了下一代潜在的智力，故选D。

4.Europe has five nations in the current top ten which does NOT include ______.

A Russia

B Switzerland

C France

D Netherlands

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据最后一段可知，综合排名前十中，欧洲国家占了五个，分别是瑞士、荷兰、俄罗斯、比利时和英国，法国并未入列，故选C。