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题干:Happypeopleworkdifferently.They’remoreproductive,morecreative,andwillingtotakegreaterrisks.Andnewresearchsuggestthathappinessmightinfluence(1)firmswork,too.Companieslocatedinplaceswithhappierpeopleinvestmore,accordingtoarecentresearchpaper.(2),firmsinhappyplacesspendmoreonR&D(researchanddevelopment).That’sbecausehappinessislinkedtothekindoflonger-termthinking(3)formakinginvestmentsforthefuture.Theresearcherswantedtoknowifthe(4)andinclinationforrisk-takingthatcomewithhappinesswould(5)thewaycompaniesinvested.SotheycomparedU.S.cities’averagehappiness(6)byGalluppollingwiththeinvestmentactivityofpubliclytradedfirmsinthoseareas.(7)enough,firms’investmentandR&Dintensitywerecorrelatedwiththehappinessoftheareainwhichtheywere(8).Butisitreallyhappinessthat’slinkedtoinvestment,orcouldsomethingelseabouthappiercities(9)whyfirmstherespendmoreonR&D?Tofindout,theresearcherscontrolledforvarious(10)thatmightmakefirmsmorelikelytoinvest–likesize,industry,andsales–andforindicatorsthataplacewas(11)tolivein,likegrowthinwagesorpopulation.Thelinkbetweenhappinessandinvestmentgenerally(12)evenafteraccountingforthesethings.Thecorrelationbetweenhappinessandinvestmentwasparticularlystrongforyoungerfirms,whichtheauthors(13)to“lesscodifieddecisionmakingprocess”andthepossiblepresenceof“youngerandless(14)managerswhoaremorelikelytobeinfluencedbysentiment.”Therelationshipwas(15)strongerinplaceswherehappinesswasspreadmore(16).Firmsseemtoinvestmoreinplaceswheremostpeoplearerelativelyhappy,ratherthaninplaceswithhappinessinequality.(17)thisdoesn’tprovethathappinesscausesfirmstoinvestmoreortotakealonger-termview,theauthorsbelieveitatleast(18)atthatpossibility.It’snothardtoimaginethatlocalcultureandsentimentwouldhelp(19)howexecutivesthinkaboutthefuture.“Itsurelyseemsplausiblethathappypeoplewouldbemoreforward-thinkingandcreativeand(20)R&Dmorethantheaverage,”saidoneresearcher.
题目:(5) - A 、echo
- B 、miss
- C 、spoil
- D 、change

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A. 发出回声;B. 想念,错过;C. 破坏;D. 改变
根据原文语境,“would (5) the way companies invested.”本题考查动宾搭配,宾语为“公司投资的方式”只有D选项搭配最为合理。

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