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英语二 2016 真题及答案 【篇一： 2016 考研英语二真题及答案解析】 =txtsection i use of english directions ： read the following text 。 numbered blank and mark a （10 points ）  choose the best word （ s） for each ， b ， c or d on the answer sheet 。 happy people work differently 。 they ’re more productive ， more creative ， and willing to take greater risks 。 and new research suggests that happiness might influence 1firms work ， too 。 companies located in place with happier people invest more ， according to a recent research paper 。 2 ， firms in happy places spend more on rd （research and development ）。 that ’ s because happiness is linked to the kind of longer -term thinking3for making investment for the future 。 the researchers wanted to know if the4 and inclination for risk-taking that come with happiness would5the way companies invested 。 so they compared u.s 。 cities ’ average happiness 6 by gallup polling with the investment activity of publicly traded firms in those areas 。 7 enough ， firms ’ investment and rd intensity were correlated with the happiness of the area in which they were 8 。 but it is really happiness that ’ s linked to investment， or could something else about happier cities 9 why firms there spend more on rd ？ to find out ， the researches controlled for various 10that might make firms more likely to invest like size ， industry ， and sales-and-and for indicators that a place was 11 to live in ， like growth in wages or population 。 they link between happiness and investment generally 12 even after accounting for these things 。 the correlation between happiness and investment was particularly strong for younger firms ， which the authors 13 to “ less confined decision making process ” and the possible presence of younger and less 14 managers who are more likely to be influenced by sentiment 。 ’’ the relationship was 15 stronger in places where happiness was spread more 16 。 firms seem to invest more in places 。 17 this doesn ’t prove that happiness causes firms to invest more