2016年管理类专硕联考英语(二)试题及详解

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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 ANSWER SHEET 1. (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. [A] why                    [B] where                     [C] how                  [D] when

　　2. [A] In return            [B] In particular           [C] In contrast       [D] In conclusion

　　3. [A] sufficient           [B] famous                   [C] perfect              [D] necessary 

　　4. [A] individualism    [B] modernism            [C] optimism          [D] realism

　　5. [A] echo                   [B] miss                         [C] spoil                 [D] change

　　6. [A] imagined           [B] measured               [C] invented          [D] assumed

　　7. [A] Sure                    [B] Odd                         [C] Unfortunate    [D] Often

　　8. [A] advertised          [B] divided                   [C] overtaxed        [D] headquartered

　　9. [A] explain                [B] overstate                [C] summarize      [D] emphasize

　　10. [A] stages                [B] factors                    [C] levels               [D] methods

　　11. [A] desirable           [B] sociable                 [C] reputable        [D] reliable

　　12. [A] resumed            [B] held                        [C]emerged          [D] broke

　　13. [A] attribute             [B] assign                    [C] transfer            [D]compare

　　14. [A] serious              [B] civilized                  [C] ambitious        [D]experienced

　　15. [A] thus                    [B] instead                   [C] also                  [D] never

　　16. [A] rapidly               [B] regularly                 [C] directly             [D] equally

　　17. [A] After                   [B] Until                         [C] While                [D] Since

　　18. [A] arrives               [B] jumps                       [C] hints                 [D] strikes

　　19. [A] shape                [B] rediscover               [C] simplify            [D] share

　　20. [A] pray for              [B] lean towards           [C] give away       [D] send out

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