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2016考研英语二真题及答案解析
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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
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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. [标准答案 ] [C]how [ 考点分析 ] 连词辨析
[ 选项分析 ] 根据语境， “新发现表明：快乐可能会影响工作 __的稳定。” [A] 为什么 [B] 哪
里 [C] 怎样，多么 [D] 当?时候。根据语义分析， C 选项填入原文，译为“快乐可能会影 响工作是有多么稳定” ，C 为正确选项。 2. [ 标准答案 ] [B]In particular
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[ 考点分析 ] 上下文语义以及短语辨析
[ 选项分析 ] [A] 反过来 [B] 尤其是 [C] 相反 [D] 总的来说 根据前文语境，第二段第一句 译
为“根据近期的研究， 拥有更多快乐的人的公司会投资更多” 。而第二句“ ______ 那些在 快乐氛围中的公司会做更多的研发以及发展。 “ 第二句是在第一句的基础上进一步强调说明， 因此 B 选项更符合语境要求。 3. [ 标准答案 ] [D]necessary
[ 考点分析 ] 上下文语义及形容词词义辨析
[选项分析 ] [A] 充足的 [B] 著名的 [C] 完美的 [D] 必要的 首先，根据本句题干 “That's
because happiness is linked to the kind of longer-term thinking 3 for making investments for the future.”译为 “因为快乐与对未来投资有 _____ 长远考虑相联系。 ”要求填写形容词 , 我们
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” 。因此 D 选项最符合 语境要求。
4. [ 标准答案 ] [C]optimism
[ 考点分析 ] 上下文语义及名词词义辨析
[ 选项分析 ] [A] 个人主义 [B] 现代主义 [C] 乐观主义 [D] 现实主义 本题考查同后缀的名 词辨析。根据原文主旨，探讨“ happy people”与公司的关系。那么，衡量四个选项，只有 C 选项符合主旨要求。 5. [标准答案 ] [D]change
[ 考点分析 ] 上下文语义及动词词义辨析
[选项分析 ] [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。
6. [标准答案 ] [B]measured
[ 考点分析 ] 上下文语义及动词词义辨析
[选项分析 ] [A] 想象 [B] 衡量，测量 [C] 发明 [D] 假定，设想 “So they compared U.S. cities '
average happiness 6 by Gallup polling with the investment activity of publicly traded firms in those areas.”译为“他们把盖洛普咨询公司所 _____________ 的美国城市平均幸福指数与该地区的
上
市公司投资活跃度进行对比。 ” 根据原文语境， 盖洛普咨询公司所做的应该是一个 “既
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2016考研英语二真题及答案解析(完整版)
