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　　Section I Use of English

　　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)

　　Happy people work differently. They're more productive, more creative, and willing to take greater risks. And new research suggest 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.【题干】_____

　　【选项】

　　A.why

　　B.where

　　C.how

　　D.when

　　【答案】C

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　　2.【题干】_____

　　【选项】

　　A.In return

　　B.In particular

　　C.In contrast

　　D.In conclusion

　　【答案】B

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　　3.【题干】_____

　　【选项】

　　A.sufficient

　　B.famous

　　C.perfect

　　D.necessary

　　【答案】D

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　　4.【题干】_____

　　【选项】

　　A.individualism

　　B.modernism

　　C.optimism

　　D.realism

　　【答案】C

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　　5.【题干】_____

　　【选项】

　　A.echo

　　B.miss

　　C.spoil

　　D.change

　　【答案】D

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　　6.【题干】_____

　　【选项】

　　A.imagined

　　B.measured

　　C.invented

　　D.assumed

　　【答案】B

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　　7.【题干】_____

　　【选项】

　　A.Sure

　　B.Odd

　　C.Unfortunate

　　D.Often

　　【答案】A

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　　8.【题干】_____

　　【选项】

　　A.advertised

　　B.divided

　　C.overtaxed

　　D.headquartered

　　【答案】D

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　　9.【题干】_____

　　【选项】

　　A.explain

　　B.overstate

　　C.summarize

　　D.emphasize

　　【答案】A

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　　10.【题干】_____

　　【选项】

　　A.stages

　　B.factors

　　C.levels

　　D.methods

　　【答案】B

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　　11.【题干】_____

　　【选项】

　　A.desirable

　　B.sociable

　　C.reputable

　　D.reliable

　　【答案】A

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　　12.【题干】_____

　　【选项】

　　A.resumed

　　B.held

　　C.emerged

　　D.broke

　　【答案】C

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　　13.【题干】_____

　　【选项】

　　A.attribute

　　B.assign

　　C.transfer

　　D.compare

　　【答案】A

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　　14.【题干】_____

　　【选项】

　　A.serious

　　B.civilized

　　C.ambitious

　　D.experienced

　　【答案】D

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　　15.【题干】_____

　　【选项】

　　A.thus

　　B.instead

　　C.also

　　D.never

　　【答案】A

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　　16.【题干】_____

　　【选项】

　　A.rapidly

　　B.regularly

　　C.directly

　　D.equally

　　【答案】D

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　　17.【题干】_____

　　【选项】

　　A.After

　　B.Until

　　C.While

　　D.Since

　　【答案】C

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　　18.【题干】_____

　　【选项】

　　A.arrives

　　B.jumps

　　C.hints

　　D.strikes

　　【答案】C

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　　19.【题干】_____

　　【选项】

　　A.shape

　　B.rediscover

　　C.simplify

　　D.share

　　【答案】A

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　　20.【题干】_____

　　【选项】

　　A.pray for

　　B.lean towards

　　C.give away

　　D.send out

　　【答案】B

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