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2016年考研英语二试题真题 SectionIUseofEnglish Directions: Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmark A,B,CorDontheANSWERSHEET.(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 firms work, too.Companies located in place with happier people invest more,accordingtoarecentresearchpaper.2,firmsinhappyplacesspendmoreon RD(research and development).That’s because happiness is linked to the kind of longer-termthinking3formakinginvestmentforthefuture. Theresearcherswantedtoknowifthe4andinclinationforrisk-takingthatcomewith happiness would 5 the way companies invested. So they compared U.S. cities’ averagehappiness6byGalluppollingwiththeinvestmentactivityofpubliclytraded firmsinthoseareas.7enough,firms’investmentandRDintensitywerecorrelated withthehappinessoftheareainwhichtheywere8.Butitisreallyhappinessthat’s linkedtoinvestment,orcouldsomethingelseabouthappiercities9whyfirmsthere spendmoreonRD?Tofindout,theresearchescontrolledforvarious10thatmight makefirmsmorelikelytoinvestlikesize,industry,andsales-and-andforindicators thataplacewas11tolivein,likegrowthinwagesorpopulation.Theylinkbetween 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 influencedbysentiment.’’Therelationshipwas15strongerinplaceswherehappiness wasspreadmore16.Firmsseemtoinvestmoreinplaces.17thisdoesn’tprovethat happiness causes firms to invest more or to take a longer-term view, the authors believeitatleast18atthatpossibility.It’snothardtoimaginethatlocalcultureand sentiment would help 19 how executives think about the