考研英语二真题及答案解析（完整版）
Section 1 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 suggests that happiness might influence__1__firm’s 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 1. [原则答案] [C]how [考点分析] 连词辨析
[选项分析] 依照语境，“新发现表白：高兴也许会影响工作__稳定。”[A] 为什么 [B] 哪里 [C] 如何，多么 [D] 当…时候。依照语义分析，C选项填入原文，译为“高兴也许会影响工作是有多么稳定”，C为对的选项。 2. [原则答案] [B]In particular [考点分析] 上下文语义以及短语辨析
[选项分析] [A] 反过来 [B] 特别是 [C] 相反 [D] 总来说 依照前文语境，第二段第一句译为“依照近期研究，拥有更多高兴人公司会投资更多”。而第二句“_______那些在高兴氛围中公司会做更多研发以及发展。“第二句是在第一句基本上进一步强调阐明，因而B选项更符合语境规定。 3. [原则答案] [D]necessary
[考点分析] 上下文语义及形容词词义辨析
[选项分析] [A]充分 [B] 知名 [C] 完美 [D] 必要 一方面，依照本句题干 “That’s because happiness is linked to the kind of longer-term thinking 3 for making investments for the future.”译为“由于高兴与对将来投资有______长远考虑相联系。”规定填写形容词，咱们要考虑其搭配与其修饰成分。空格处搭配介词for，并且修饰“长远考虑”。因而D选项最符合语境规定。
4. [原则答案] [C]optimism
[考点分析] 上下文语义及名词词义辨析
2021年考研英语二真题及答案解析完整版
