考研英语（二）完型填空真题及答案

考研英语（二）完型填空真题及答案 　Directions： 　Read the following text. Choose the best word（s） for each numbered

考研英语（二）完型填空真题及答案 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 influence1firms work， too. Companies located in places with happier people invest more， aording to arecent research paper.2， firms in happy places spend more on R（ research and development ）。 That‘s because happiness is linked to the kind of longer-term thinking3for making investments for the future. The researchers wanted to know if the4and inclination for risk-taking that ewith happiness would5the way panies invested. So they pared U.S. cities‘average happiness6by Gallup polling with the investment activity of publicly traded firms in those areas. 7enough， firms‘investment and Rintensity were correlated with the happiness of the area in which they were8.But is it really happiness that’s linked to investment， or could something else about happier cities9why firms there spend more on RTo find out， the researchers controlled for various10that might make firms