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2018考研英语二真题(完整版)精选
2018 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(二)
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Section ⅠUse of English
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark [A],[B],
[C] or [D] onthe ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
Why do people read negative Internet comments and do other things that will obviously be
painful? Because humans have an inherent need to 1 uncertainty, according to a recent
study in Psychological Science. The new research reveals that the need to know is strong that
people will 2 to satisfy their curiosity even when it is clear the answer will 3
In a series of experiments, behavioral scientists at the University of Chicago and the
Wisconsin school of Business tested students ’ willingness to 4 themselves to unpleasant
stimuli in an effort to satisfy curiosity. For one 5 , each participant was shown a pile of pens
that the researcher claimed were from a previous experiment. The twist? Half of the pens would
6 an electric shock when clicked.
Twenty-seven students were told with pens were electrified; another twenty-seven were
told only that some were electrified. 7 left alone in the room. The students who did not know
which ones would shock them clicked more pens and incurred more shocks than the students
who knew that would 8 . Subsequent experiments reproduced this effect with other stimuli,
9 the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard and photographs of disgusting insects.
The drive to 10 is deeply rooted in humans, much the same as the basic drives for
11 or shelter, says Christopher Hsee of the University of Chicago. Curiosity is often considered a
good instinct—it can 12 new scientific advances, for instance—but sometimes such 13
can backfire.The insight that curiosity can drive you to do 14 things is
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