2016考研英语二真题及答案.pdf

2016考研英语二真题及答案--第1页 2016 考研英语二真题及详细解析 Section 1 Use of English Directions: Read the following text。Choose the best word（s) for each numbered blank and mar ［A ］， ［B］， ［C] or ［D] on ANSWER SHEET 1. （10 points） Happy people work differently 。 Theyre more productive ， more creative， and willing to take greater risks。 And new research suggests that happiness might influence__1__firms work， too 。 Companies located in places with happier people invest more， according to a recent research paper。__2__, firms in happy places spend more on R＆D （research and development）。That’s because happiness is linked 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—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 R＆D 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 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 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 codif