2016年考研英语二真题原文及答案解析完整版.PDF

考研咨询：010 2016年考研英语二真题原文及答案解析完整版 Section 1 Use of English Directions:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)for each numberedblankandmark [A], [B], [C]or [D]onANSWERSHEET 1. (10points) Happypeopleworkdifferently.They’remoreproductive,morecreative, and willing to take greater risks. And new research suggests that happiness might influence__1__firm’s work, too. Companies located in places with happier people invest more, according to a recent research paper.__2__, firms in happy places spend moreonRD (researchanddevelopment).That’sbecausehappinessislinked to the kind of longer-term thinking__3__for making investments for the future. The researchers wanted to know if the__4__and inclination for risk-takingthatcomewithhappinesswould__5__thewaycompaniesinvested. 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 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 researcherscontrolledforvarious__10__thatmightmakefirmsmorelikely to invest –like size, industry, and sales –and for indicators that aplacewas__11__to live in, likegrowth inwagesor 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 are more likely to be influenced by sentiment.” The relationship was__15__stronger in placeswhere happinesswas spread more__16__.Firms seem to invest more in places wher