2016年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语 (二)
Section ⅠUse of English
Directions:
Read the following textChoose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1(10 points)
Happy people work differentlyTheyre more productive, more creative, and willing to take greater risksAnd new research suggest that happiness might influence 1 firms work, too
Companies located in places with happier people invest more, according to a recent research paper2 , firms in happy places spend more on R&D (research and development)Thats because happiness is linked to the kind of longerterm thinking 3 for making investments for the future
The researchers wanted to know if the 4 and inclination for risktaking that come with happiness would 5 the way companies investedSo they compared UScities average happiness 6 by Gallup polling with the investment activity of publicly traded firms in those areas
7 enough, firms investment and R & D intensity were correlated with the happiness of the area in which they were 8 But is it really happiness thats linked to investment, or could something else about happier cities 9 why firms there spend more on R&D? 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 populationThe 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 places where happiness was spread more 16 Firms seem to invest more in places where most people are relatively happy, rather than in places with happiness inequality
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