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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

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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 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

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