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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:(12) - A 、resumed
- B 、held
- C 、emerged
- D 、broke
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【正确答案:B】
该句算是这一段的总结句,该段整体在描述幸福与投资之间的关系,而这一link就只能得出了,只有B选项 held ”得出”符合语境。
A. resumed “重新开始”;C. emerged “浮现”;D. broke “破坏” 。
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