考研英语二 2016年 Section I 完形填空（四选一）试卷排版
考研英语二2016年 Section I 完形填空（四选一）：共 20 题、卷面 10 分（满分 100，每题 0.5 分）、卷面选文共 360 个英文单词。本页按真题原卷版式还原该模块卷面（不含解析）；逐题解析在「题目解析」页，全文逐句精读在「原文精读」页；本模块真题可免费下载 PDF/Word，入口见上方本题行。
试卷原卷
英语二真题(2016)
Section I
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank 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 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 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 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 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.
17 this doesn't prove that happiness causes firms to invest more or to take a longer-term view, the authors believe it at least 18 at that possibility. It's not hard to imagine that local culture and sentiment would help 19 how executives think about the future. "It surely seems plausible that happy people would be more forward-thinking and creative and 20 R&D more than the average," said one researcher.
1.
[ A ]why
[ B ]how
[ C ]where
[ D ]when
2.
[ A ]In return
[ B ]In particular
[ C ]In contrast
[ D ]In conclusion
3.
[ A ]necessary
[ B ]famous
[ C ]perfect
[ D ]sufficient
4.
[ A ]individualism
[ B ]realism
[ C ]optimism
[ D ]modernism
5.
[ A ]miss
[ B ]echo
[ C ]spoil
[ D ]change
6.
[ A ]imagined
[ B ]measured
[ C ]assumed
[ D ]invented
7.
[ A ]Sure
[ B ]Odd
[ C ]Unfortunate
[ D ]Often
8.
[ A ]divided
[ B ]advertised
[ C ]overtaxed
[ D ]headquartered
9.
[ A ]summarize
[ B ]overstate
[ C ]explain
[ D ]emphasize
10.
[ A ]factors
[ B ]stages
[ C ]levels
[ D ]methods
11.
[ A ]desirable
[ B ]sociable
[ C ]reliable
[ D ]reputable
12.
[ A ]resumed
[ B ]emerged
[ C ]held
[ D ]broke
13.
[ A ]assign
[ B ]attribute
[ C ]transfer
[ D ]compare
14.
[ A ]serious
[ B ]civilized
[ C ]ambitious
[ D ]experienced
15.
[ A ]instead
[ B ]thus
[ C ]also
[ D ]never
16.
[ A ]rapidly
[ B ]directly
[ C ]regularly
[ D ]equally
17.
[ A ]While
[ B ]Until
[ C ]After
[ D ]Since
18.
[ A ]arrives
[ B ]jumps
[ C ]hints
[ D ]strikes
19.
[ A ]share
[ B ]rediscover
[ C ]simplify
[ D ]shape
20.
[ A ]pray for
[ B ]lean towards
[ C ]send out
[ D ]give away
选文出处：Harvard Business Review(《哈佛商业评论》)2015年6月9日一篇题为Companies in Happy Cities Invest More for the Long Term(城市幸福指数越高,公司长远投资越多)的文章。