12016 考研英语(二)真题Section I Use of EnglishDirections：Read the following text。 Choose the best word（s） for each numbered blank and mark A， B， C or Don the ANSWER SHEET。 （10 points）Happy people work differently。 They’re more productive， more creative， and willing to take greaterrisks。 And new research suggests that happiness might influence 1 firms work， too。Companies located in place 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 linkedto the kind of longer-term thinking 3 for making investment for the future。The researchers wanted to know if the 4 and inclination for risk-taking that come with happiness would 5the way companies invested。 So they compared U.S。 cities’ average happiness 6 by Gallup polling withthe investment activity of publicly traded firms in those areas。7 enough， firms’ investment and R&Dintensity were correlated with the happiness of the area in whichthey were 8。 But it is really happiness that’s linked to investment， or could something else about happiercities 9 why firms there spend more on R&D？ To find out， the researches controlled for various 10 thatmight make firms more likely to invest like size， industry ， and sales-and-and for indicators that a placewas 11 to live in， like growth in wages or population。They 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 theauthors 13 to “less confined decision making process” and the possible presence of younger and less 14managers who are more l...
