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2016年考研英语二真题及答案 Section 1 UseofEnglish Directions: Read thefollowing text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank andmark[A],[B],[C] or[D] onANSWERSHEET1. (10points) Happy people work differently. They’re more productive, more creative, and willing to take greater risks. And new research suggests that happiness might influence__1__firm’swork,too. Companies located in places with happier people invest more, according to a recent research paper.__2__,firms in happy places spendmore on RD (research and development). That’s because happiness is linked to the kind of longer-term thinking__3__for makinginvestmentsforthefuture. The researchers wanted to know if the__4__and inclination for risk-taking that comewith happinesswould__5__theway companiesinvested. Sothey comparedU.S. cities’ average happiness__6__by Gallup polling with the investment activity of publiclytraded firmsinthoseareas. __7__enough, firms’ investment and RD intensity were correlated with the happiness of the area in which they were__8__.But is it 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 researchers controlled for various__10__that might make firms more likely to invest – like size, industry, and sales – and for indicators that a place was__11__to live in, like growth in wages or population. The link between happiness and investment generally__12__even after accounting for thesethings. The correlation between happiness and investment was particularly strong for younger firms, which the authors__13__to “less codified 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 pl