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Translate the following text into Chinese。 Write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET。 （15 points）
The supermarket is designed to lure customers into spending as much time as possible within its doors。 The reason for this is simple： The longer you stay in the store， the more stuff you’ll see， and the more stuff you see， the more you’ll buy。 And supermarkets contain a lot of stuff。 The average supermarket， according to the Food Marketing Institute， carries some 44，000 different items， and many carry tens of thousands more。 The sheer volume of available choice is enough to send shoppers into a state of information overload。 According to brain-scan experiments， the demands of so much decision-making quickly become too much for us。 After about 40 minutes of shopping， most people stop struggling to be rationally selective， and instead began shopping emotionally—which is the point at which we accumulate the 50 percent of stuff in our cart that we never intended buying。
Section IV Writing
Part A
47。 Directions：
Suppose you won a translation contest and your friend， Jack， wrote an email to congratulate you and ask for advice on translation。 Write him a reply to
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1） thank him， and
2） give you advice
You should write about 100 on the ANSWER SHEET。
Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter。 Use Li Ming instead。
Do not write the address。 （10 points）
Part B
48。 Directions：
Write an essay based on the chart below。 In your writing， you should
1） interpret the chart， and
2） give your comments。
You should write about 150 words on the ANSWER SHEET。 （15 points）
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Section I Use of English
1、[答案]C how
[解析]根据空格所在句子可以看出，空格处应该是一个引导宾语从句的从属连词，做influence的宾语。四个选项的意思中，只有C。 how引导后面的内容做influence的宾语，前后意思合理。
2、[答案]B In particular
[解析]空格的前一句话的内容是：坐落在幸福人群所在地的公司投资更多的钱。空格所在句的内容是：坐落在幸福人群所在地的公司在…方面投入更多的钱。很显然，前后句子是总分关系。选项中，只有B选项可以体现总分关系。
3、[答案]D necessary
[解析]根据空格处前后的内容，_____ for making investments for the future是做后置定语修饰longer-term thinking和happiness。幸福，这种持久的思维模式对于对未来进行投资_______，四个选项中只有D。 necessary 做后置定语符合前后内容。其他选项与原文内容语义不符。
4、[答案]C optimism
[解析]空格处的内容与inclination for risk-taking由and连接，构成并列关系，后面that come with happiness定语从句既修饰空格处的内容，也修饰
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inclination for risk-taking，所以选项中可以由that come with happiness修饰的只有C选项optimism。
5、[答案]D change
[解析]空格处的内容和the way companies invested构成动宾搭配。选项中A。 echo 回声 B。 miss 思念 C。 spoil 溺爱 D。 change 改变，所以只有D选项可以和the way companies invested构成通顺语义。故D项正确。
6、[答案]B measured
[解析]原文：
So they compared U.S。 cities’ average happiness_______ by Gallup polling with the investment activity of publicly traded firms in those areas。 所以他们比较美国城市的平均幸福，这种幸福是根据盖洛普在上市公司的投资活动地区民意调查来
________。 A imagined 想象，D assumed 假定与民意调查的客观性是不符的，故排除，C invented 发明，与文意不符，故选B measured，衡量，测量。
7、[答案]A sure
[解析]若要判断此空的答案，需要结合文章上下文来判断。这句话和本篇完型的第二段的首句的含义是相同的。第二段的首句：
Companies located in places with happier people invest more，含义为：坐落在幸福人们多的地方的公司会加大研发投入力度。本段首句其实是对于这一中心的重复阐述，因此选A。
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8、[答案]D headquartered
[解析]原文：
firms’ investment and R&D intensity were correlated with the happiness of the area in which they were _________。公司的投资与研发强度与公司所_______的地区的幸福度相关。依据第7题的答案，我们可以推断，这句话所填写的单词和located应该是近义， A advertised 广告； B divided 分割； C overtaxed 负担过重；均与本文含义不符，故选D，headquartered设立总部。
9、[答案]A explain
[解析]原文：…
could something else about happier cities ______ why firms there spend more on R&D？ 此句也是对于本文中心的再次论证。还有其他的什么可以__________公司在幸福的城市加入研发投入力度吗？ 这句话之后就是具体的原因陈述。B overstate 夸
张； C summarize总结；D emphasize 强调；均不符合文意，所以以上三项皆排除。故选A express 解释，阐释。
10、[答案]B factors
[解析]原
文： To find out， the researchers controlled for various ________that might make firms more likely to invest — like size， industry， and sales ，为了找到答案，研究人员控制了各种各样的可能会让公司加大投资的_______——比如大小、行业和销量——，联系上下文，我们可以看出，这个空格其实就是下文size， industry， and sales的上义词，
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2016考研英语二真题及答案解析
