¡¡Section I Use of English
¡¡¡¡Directions£º
¡¡¡¡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 suggests that happiness might influence 1 firms work£¬ too¡£
¡¡¡¡Companies located in place 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 investment 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 it is 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 researches controlled for various 10 that might make firms more likely to invest like size£¬ industry £¬ and sales-and-and for indicators that a place was 11 to live in£¬ like growth in wages or population¡£ They 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 confined 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¡£
¡¡¡¡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
