2016年考研英语二真题及答案.pdf

2016年考研英语二真题及答案--第1页 2016 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试 英语（二） SectionI UseofEnglish Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWERSHEET.(10points) Happypeoplework differently.Theyremoreproductive,more creative,andwillingtotakegreaterrisks.And newresearchsuggeststhathappinessmightinfluence___1__firmswork,too. Companies located in places with happier people invest more, according to a recent research paper.__2__, firms inhappy places spendmore onRD (research and development). Thatsbecause happiness is linked to the kindoflonger-termthinking__3__formakinginvestmentsforthefuture. The researchers wanted to know if the__4__and inclination for risk-taking that come with happiness would__5__the way companies invested. Sothey compared U.S. cities averagehappiness__6__by Galluppolling withtheinvestmentactivityofpubliclytradedfirmsinthoseareas. __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 thats linked to investment, or could something else about happier cities__9__whyfirmstherespendmoreonRD?Tofindout,theresearcherscontrolledforvarious__10__that mightmakefirmsmorelikelytoinvest likesize,industry,andsales andforindicatorsthataplace — — was__11__to live in, like growth in wages or population. The link between happiness and investment generally__12__evenafteraccountingforthesethings. 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