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題干：Happypeopleworkdifferently.They’remoreproductive,morecreative,andwillingtotakegreaterrisks.Andnewresearchsuggestthathappinessmightinfluence（1）firmswork,too.Companieslocatedinplaceswithhappierpeopleinvestmore,accordingtoarecentresearchpaper.（2）,firmsinhappyplacesspendmoreonR&D(researchanddevelopment).That’sbecausehappinessislinkedtothekindoflonger-termthinking（3）formakinginvestmentsforthefuture.Theresearcherswantedtoknowifthe（4）andinclinationforrisk-takingthatcomewithhappinesswould（5）thewaycompaniesinvested.SotheycomparedU.S.cities’averagehappiness（6）byGalluppollingwiththeinvestmentactivityofpubliclytradedfirmsinthoseareas.（7）enough,firms’investmentandR&Dintensitywerecorrelatedwiththehappinessoftheareainwhichtheywere（8）.Butisitreallyhappinessthat’slinkedtoinvestment,orcouldsomethingelseabouthappiercities（9）whyfirmstherespendmoreonR&D?Tofindout,theresearcherscontrolledforvarious（10）thatmightmakefirmsmorelikelytoinvest–likesize,industry,andsales–andforindicatorsthataplacewas（11）tolivein,likegrowthinwagesorpopulation.Thelinkbetweenhappinessandinvestmentgenerally（12）evenafteraccountingforthesethings.Thecorrelationbetweenhappinessandinvestmentwasparticularlystrongforyoungerfirms,whichtheauthors（13）to“l(fā)esscodifieddecisionmakingprocess”andthepossiblepresenceof“youngerandless（14）managerswhoaremorelikelytobeinfluencedbysentiment.”Therelationshipwas（15）strongerinplaceswherehappinesswasspreadmore（16）.Firmsseemtoinvestmoreinplaceswheremostpeoplearerelativelyhappy,ratherthaninplaceswithhappinessinequality.（17）thisdoesn’tprovethathappinesscausesfirmstoinvestmoreortotakealonger-termview,theauthorsbelieveitatleast（18）atthatpossibility.It’snothardtoimaginethatlocalcultureandsentimentwouldhelp（19）howexecutivesthinkaboutthefuture.“Itsurelyseemsplausiblethathappypeoplewouldbemoreforward-thinkingandcreativeand（20）R&Dmorethantheaverage,”saidoneresearcher.
題目：（9） - A 、explain
- B 、overstate
- C 、summarize
- D 、emphasize
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A. 解釋 ; B. 夸大；C. 概述；D. 重點強調(diào)
根據(jù)原文“…or ould something else about happier cities （9）why firms there spend more on R&D?” A選項 “explain”常和后文 “why”搭配使用。
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