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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.
【C12】
选项 A、resumed
B、held
C、emerged
D、broke
答案B
解析 本题考查动词辨析。本动词的主语是The link between happiness and investment，之后出现了even引导的表示让步关系的信息，即even after accounting for these things。这里的these things指代此前提及的size, industry, and sales等除快乐之外的其他促进企业投资的因素。从让步关系来分析，even之前的The link between happiness and investment(快乐与投资之间的关联性)肯定是成立的，这样才符合全文的主旨导向。四个选项中能够表达这个倾向的最佳选项是B项held (保留，维持)，held在这里突出的是“维持住，成立”的意思。D项broke(破坏)表达的意思与文章的主旨倾向矛盾，也不符合后文even引导的让步关系，直接排除。A项resumed(恢复，重新开始)和C项emerged(浮现)表达的意思与主语搭配不当。
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