2016年考研英语二真题及答案.pdf

2016 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试 英语二试题 Section I UseofEnglish Directions： Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered black and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10points) Happy people work differently. They’re more productive,more creative,and willing to take greater risks. And new research suggeststhathappinessmight influence___1___ firmswork,too. Companieslocatedin placeswith happierpeopleinvest more,accordingto arecentresearchpaper.___2___ ,firmsin happy places spend more on RD (research and development). That’s because happiness is linked to the kind of longer- termthinking___3___ formaking investmentsforthe future. The researchers wanted to know if the ___4___ and inclination for risk-taking that come with happiness would ___5___ theway companiesinvested. So they comparedU.S.cities’average happiness___6___ by Gallup pollingwith the investment activity ofpublicly tradedfirmsin thoseareas. ___7___ enough,firms’ investment and RD intensity were correlated with the happiness of the area in which they were___8___ .But is it really happinessthat’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 aplace was___11___ to live in,like growth in wages or population. The 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 codified decision making process” and the possible presence of “younger and less ___14___ managers who aremore likely tobe influencedby sentiment.” Therelationship was___15___ stronger in