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Happy people work differently. They’re more productive, more creative, and willing to take greater risks. And new research sugge

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问题     Happy people work differently. They’re more productive, more creative, and willing to take greater risks. And new research suggests that happiness might influence【C1】________firm’s work, too.
    Companies located in places with happier people invest more, according to a recent research paper.【C2】________, 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【C3】________for making investments for the future.
    The researchers wanted to know if the【C4】________and inclination for risk-taking that come with happiness would【C5】________the way companies invested. So they compared U.S. cities’ average happiness【C6】________by Gallup polling with the investment activity of publicly traded firms in those areas.
    【C7】________enough, firms’ investment and R&D intensity were correlated with the happiness of the area in which they were【C8】________. But is it really happiness that’s linked to investment, or could something else about happier cities【C9】________why firms there spend more on R&D? To find out, the researchers controlled for various【C10】________that might make firms more likely to invest—like size, industry, and sales—and for indicators that a place was【C11】________to live in, like growth in wages or population. The link between happiness and investment generally【C12】________even after accounting for these things.
    The correlation between happiness and investment was particularly strong for younger firms, which the authors【C13】________to "less codified decision making process" and the possible presence of "younger and less【C14】________managers who are more likely to be influenced by sentiment." The relationship was【C15】________ stronger in places where happiness was spread more【C16】________. Firms seem to invest more in places where most people are relatively happy, rather than in places with happiness inequality.
    【C17】________this doesn’t prove that happiness causes firms to invest more or to take a longer-term view, the authors believe it at least【C18】________at that possibility. It’s not hard to imagine that local culture and sentiment would help【C19】________how executives think about the future. "It surely seems plausible that happy people would be more forward-thinking and creative and【C20】________R&D more than the average," said one researcher.
【C2】
选项 A、In return
B、In particular
C、In contrast
D、In conclusion
答案B
解析 本题考查副词词组辨析，而本词组在句子中是状语. 对填空之后的整个句子起修饰作用，因此本题也是考查上下文的逻辑关系。首先分析作为被修饰成分的句子firms in happy places spend more on R&D(research and development)，大意为“位于快乐之地的企业花费更多做研发”。同时，分析之前的句子Companies located in places with happier people invest more，大意是“位于快乐之地的企业投资更多”；至此看到前后文存在明显的递进关系，所以首先排除选项C项In contrast(相比之下，相反地)所表达的转折对立关系；A项In return(反过来，作为回报)和D项In conclusion(最后，综上所述)所表达的意思不符合前后文。最佳答案为选项B项In particular(尤其，特别)，这个词组表达出了前后文的递进关系。
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