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2016考研英语二 · 完形填空
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2016考研英语二完形填空原文
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.
答案与逐题解析
答案速查
1B
2B
3A
4C
5D
6B
7A
8D
9C
10A
11A
12C
13B
14D
15C
16D
17A
18C
19D
20B
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1第 1 题
答案B
解析原文写 happiness might influence “how firms work”，即幸福也会影响企业运作方式。how 表方式，与后文投资、研发强度等行为模式衔接。why 问原因、where 问地点、when 问时间，均无法与 work 构成通顺语义。
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2第 2 题
答案B
解析前文说幸福地区企业投资更多，后文具体到研发支出更高，属同一方向上的细化。In particular（尤其、特别是）衔接概括与例证。In return 表回报、In contrast 表对比、In conclusion 表收束，均与前后递进关系不符。
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3第 3 题
答案A
解析原文 “longer-term thinking ___ for making investments for the future”，necessary for 表示“对未来投资所必需的长远思维”。famous、perfect 语义空洞；sufficient 强调“足够”而非“必要”，搭配也不如 necessary for 自然。
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4第 4 题
答案C
解析幸福带来的是乐观与冒险倾向，optimism 与 happiness、risk-taking 语义同向。individualism、realism、modernism 均不指向情绪或风险偏好，无法与后文“改变投资方式”形成因果。
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5第 5 题
答案D
解析研究者想知道乐观与冒险是否会 change the way companies invested。change 直接对应“影响投资方式”。miss、echo、spoil 分别表错过、呼应、破坏，与实验目的不符。
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6第 6 题
答案B
解析城市幸福感由盖洛普民调 measured（测得）。imagined、assumed、invented 均含主观臆造义，与 polling 的客观测量矛盾。
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7第 7 题
答案A
解析Sure enough（果然）引出与预期一致的相关结果。Odd、Unfortunate 表意外或不幸，Often 不能构成固定衔接，均破坏“符合假设”的语气。
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8第 8 题
答案D
解析企业投资与其所在地幸福感相关，headquartered 指总部所在城市。divided、advertised、overtaxed 无法说明“公司位于某地”这一空间关系。
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9第 9 题
答案C
解析质疑是否另有因素 explain why 幸福城市研发投入更高。explain why 是标准搭配。summarize、overstate、emphasize 不能引出“原因”从句。
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10第 10 题
答案A
解析控制可能促使投资的 various factors，后文举例规模、行业、销售额，正是控制变量。stages、levels、methods 不能概括这些企业特征。
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11第 11 题
答案A
解析控制某地是否 desirable to live in 的指标，如工资、人口增长。desirable 表宜居。sociable、reliable、reputable 分别侧重社交、可靠、名声，与“宜居”不符。
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12第 12 题
答案C
解析控制变量后，幸福感与投资的关联 generally held（仍然成立）。resumed 表恢复、emerged 表出现、broke 表破裂，均不能表示“关系依旧存在”。
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13第 13 题
答案B
解析作者将年轻企业相关更强 attribute to 决策程序不那么程式化。attribute A to B 表归因。assign、transfer、compare 无法表达“归因于引语中的原因”。
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14第 14 题
答案D
解析年轻且 less experienced 的管理者更易受情绪影响。experienced 与 younger 对照。serious、civilized、ambitious 不能说明“资历浅、易受情绪左右”。
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15第 15 题
答案C
解析前文已有年轻企业相关更强，此处 relationship was also stronger，表另一维度同样更强。instead 表转折、thus 表因果、never 表否定，均破坏并列递进。
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16第 16 题
答案D
解析幸福感 spread more equally（分布更均匀）时关系更强，后文对比 inequality。rapidly、directly、regularly 不能与“幸福不平等”形成反义对照。
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17第 17 题
答案A
解析While this doesn’t prove 让步：虽不能证明因果，但至少暗示可能。Until、After 表时间，Since 表原因，均无法构成“虽然……但是”的让步。
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18第 18 题
答案C
解析作者相信至少 hints at that possibility（暗示存在因果可能）。hint at 固定搭配。arrives、jumps、strikes 不能与 at the possibility 搭配。
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19第 19 题
答案D
解析地方文化与情绪会 shape how executives think about the future（塑造其对未来的看法）。share、rediscover、simplify 无法表达“影响、塑造思维方式”。
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20第 20 题
答案B
解析快乐的人更前瞻、更有创造力，因而 lean towards R&D more（更倾向研发）。pray for、send out、give away 语义与“更愿意投入研发”无关。
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