2018管理类联考英语试卷.pdfVIP

绝密★启用前 2018 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试 管理类专业硕士学位联考 英语（二）试卷 考生须知 1．考生必须严格遵守各项考场规则。 2 ．答题前，考生将答题卡上的“姓名” 、“考生编号”等信息填写清楚，并与准考证 上的致。 3 ．选择题的答案须用2B 铅笔填涂在答题卡上，其它笔填涂的或做在试卷或其它 类型答题卡上的答案无效。 4 ．其他题一律用蓝色或黑色钢笔或圆珠笔在答题纸上按规定要求作答，凡做在试 卷上或未做在指定位置的答案无效。 5 ．交卷时，请配合监考人员验收，并请监考人员在准考证相应位置签字（作为考 生交卷的凭据）。否则，所产生的一切后果由考生自负。 Section I 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 the 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 so strong that people will __2__ to satisfy their curiosity even when it is clear the answer will __3__. In a series of four 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 which 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 what 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 __