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问题 Happy people work differently.They’re more productive,more creative,and willing to take greater risks.And new researchsuggeststhathappinessmightinfluence__1__firm’swork,too.Companies located in places with happier people invest more,according to a recent research paper.__2__,firms in happyplacesspend more on R&D（researchand development）.That’s becausehappiness is linked to the kind of longer-term thinking__3__formakinginvestmentsforthefuture.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 activityofpubliclytradedfirmsinthoseareas.__7__enough,firms’investment and R&D intensity were correlated with the happiness of the area in which they were__8__.Butisitreallyhappinessthat’slinkedtoinvestment,orcouldsomethingelseabouthappiercities__9__whyfirms there spend more on R&D?To find out,the researchers controlled for various__10__that might make firms more likely to invest–likesize,industry,andsales–andforindicatorsthataplacewas__11__tolivein,likegrowthinwagesorpopulation.Thelinkbetweenhappinessandinvestmentgenerally__12__evenafteraccountingforthesethings.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 happinessinequality.__17__thisdoesn’tprovethathappinesscausesfirmstoinvestmoreortotakealonger-termview,theauthorsbelieveit 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&Dmorethantheaverage,”saidoneresearcher.7选？A.SureB.OddC.UnfortunateD.Often
选项 A.Sure
B.Odd
C.Unfortunate
D.Often
答案 A
解析 上文提到近期的研究报告表明位于快乐人群所在地的公司会投入更多的资金，空格前一句提到研究者把美国城市平均幸福指数与这些地区上市公司的投资活跃度进行了对比，空格所在句则指出对比的结果是公司的投资和研发力度与公司总部所在地的幸福指数相关，这表明对比的结果与之前报告的结论是一致的，所以A为正确答案，表示对比的结果不出所料，确实如此。
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