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凯程考研，中国最权威的考研辅导班 2016考研英语二真题及答案解析 SectionI Useof English Directions ： Readthefollowingtext。 Choosethe bestword （s）foreachnumberedblank and mark ，B，Cor DontheANSWER SHEET。 （10points） Happypeoplework differently。 They’remoreproductive，morecreative ， andwillingtotakegreaterrisks。 Andnewresearchsuggeststhathappinessmight influence1 firmswork ，too。 Companieslocatedinplacewith happierpeopleinvestmore，accordingtoa recentresearchpaper。 2 ，firmsinhappyplacesspendmoreonRD（research anddevelopment）。That’sbecausehappinessislinkedtothekindoflonger-term thinking 3 for makinginvestment forthefuture。 The researcherswantedto knowifthe 4 andinclinationfor risk-takingthat comewith happinesswould 5 thewaycompaniesinvested。 Sotheycompared U.S。 cities’ averagehappiness 6 byGalluppollingwiththe investmentactivity of publiclytradedfirms inthoseareas。 7 enough ，firms’ investmentand RDintensitywere correlatedwiththe happinessoftheareainwhichtheywere8。 Butitisreallyhappinessthat’slinked to investment ，orcouldsomethingelseabout happiercities 9whyfirmsthere 第 1 页 共 44 页 凯程考研，中国最权威的考研辅导班 spendmoreonRD？Tofindout ，theresearchescontrolledforvarious 10 that mightmakefirmsmorelikelytoinvestlikesize ，industry ，andsales-and-andfor indicatorsthataplacewas 11 tolivein，likegrowthinwagesorpopulation。They linkbetweenhappinessandinvestmentgenerally 12evenafteraccountingfor thesethings。 Thecorrelation betweenhappinessand investmentwas particularlystrongfor youngerfirms ，whichtheauthors13to “lessconfineddecisionmakingprocess” andthe possiblepresenceofyoungerand less14managerswhoare morelikelyto beinfluencedbysentiment。’’ The relationshipwas 15strongerinplaceswhere happinesswas spread more16。 Firmsseemto investmoreinplaces。 17this doesn’t provethat happinesscausesfirmsto investmoreortotakea longer-termview ，theauthors believeitat least18atthat pos