2016考研英语二真题及答案解析
Section I U of English
Directions：
Read the following text。 Choo the best word（s） for each numbered blank and mark A， B， C or D on the ANSWER SHEET。 （10 points）
Happy people work differently。 They’re more productive， more creative， and willing to take greater risks。 And new rearch suggests that happiness might influence 1 firms work， too。
Companies located in place with happier people invest more， according to a recent rearch paper。 2 ， firms in happy places spend more on R&D（rearch and development）。That’s becau happiness is linked to the kind of longer-term thinking 3 for making investment for the future。
The rearchers wanted to know if the 4 and inclination for risk-taking that come with happiness would 5 the way companies invested。 So they compared U.S。 cities’ average happiness 6 by Gallup polling with the investment activity of publicly traded firms in tho areas。
7 enough， firms’ investment and R&D 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 el about happier cities 9 why firms there spend more on R&D？ To find out， the rearches controlled for various 10 that 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 the things。
The correlation between happiness and investment was particularly s益气复脉
trong for younger firms， which the authors 13 to “less confined decision making process” and the possible prence of younger and less 14 managers who are more likely to be influenced by nti
ment。’’ The relationship was 15 stronger in places where happiness was spread more 16。 Firms em to invest more in places。
17 this doesn’t prove that happiness caus firms to invest more or to take a longer-term view， the authors believe it at least 18 at that possibility。 It’s not hard to imagine that local culture and ntiment would help 19 how executives think about the future。 It surely ems plausible tha云南高考分数
t happy people would be more forward –thinking and creative and 20 R&D more than the average，” said one rearcher。
1。 [A] why [B] where [C] how [D] when
2。 [A] In return [B] In particular [C] In contrast [D] In conclusion
3。 [A] sufficient [B] famous [C] perfect [D] necessary
4。 [A] individualism [B] modernism [C] optimism [D] realism
5。 [A] echo [B] miss [C] spoil [D] change
6。 [A] imagined [B] measured [C] invented [D] assumed
7。 [A] sure 修改文件夹图标
[B] odd [C] unfortunate [D] often
8。 [A] advertid [B] divided [C] overtaxed [D] headquartered
9。 [A] explain [B] overstate [C] summarize [D] emphasize
10。 [A] stages [B] factors [C] levels [D] methods
11。 [A] desirable [B] sociable [C] reputable [D] reliable
12。 [A] resumed [B] held [C] emerged [D] broke
13。 [A] attribute [B] assign [C] transfer [D] compare
14。 [A] rious [B] civilized [C] ambitious [D] experienced
15。 [A] thus [B] instead [C] also [D] never
