2016考研英语二真题及答案解析.pdf

2016考研英语二真题及答案解析--第1页 凯程考研，中国最权威的考研辅导班 2016 考研英语二真题及答案解析 Section I Use of English Directions ： Read the following text。 Choose the best word （s ） for each numbered blan 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 research suggests that happiness might influence 1 firms wor ， too。 Companies located in place with happier people invest more ， according to a recent research paper。 2 ， firms in happy places spend more on RD（research and development ）。That’s because happiness is linked to the kind of longer-term thinking 3 for making investment for the future。 第 1 共 61 2016考研英语二真题及答案解析--第1页 2016考研英语二真题及答案解析--第2页 凯程考研，中国最权威的考研辅导班 The researchers 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 those areas。 7 enough ， firms’ investment and RD 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 else about happier cities 9 why firms there spend more on RD ？ To find out ，the researches 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 b