2018年全国硕士研究生统一入学考试英语（二）.pdfVIP

★ 绝密 启用前 2018年全国硕士研究生统一入学考试 英语 （二） 考生注意事项 1. 答题前，考生须在试题册指定位置上填写考生姓名和考生编号；在答题卡制定位置 上填写报考单位、考生姓名、和考生编号，并用2B 铅笔涂写考生编号信息点。 2. 考生须把试题册上的 “试卷条形码”粘贴条取下，粘贴在答题卡的 “试卷条形码粘 贴位置”框中。不按规定粘贴条形码而影响评卷结果的，责任由考生自负。 3. 选择题的答案必须填写在答题卡相应题号的选项上，非选择题的答案必须书写在答 题卡指定位置的边框区域内。超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试卷册上答题无效。 4. 填 （书）写部分必须使用黑色字迹签字笔或钢笔书写，字迹工整、笔迹清楚；涂写 部分必须使用2B铅笔填涂。 5. 考试结束，请将答题卡和试题册按规定交回。答题卡请勿折叠。 因为向往大海 所以汇入百川 SectionI UseofEnglish Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and markA, B, C or D ontheANSWER SHEET.(10points) Why do people read negative internet comments and do other things that will obviously be painful?Becausehumanshave an inherentneedto__1__uncertainly,accordingti arecent study in Psychological Science.The new research reveals that the need to know is so strong that people will__2__to satisfy their curiosity evenwhen it iscleartheanswerwill__3__. In a series of four experiments,behavioral scientists at the University of Chicago and the Wisconsin School of Business tested student’s 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 shockwhen 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 oneswould shock them clickedmorepensandincurredmore shocksthan the studentswho knew what would__8__.Subsequent experiments reproduced this effect with other stimuli,__9__thesoundoffingernailson achalkboard andphotographsofdisgustinginsects. The drive to __10__is deeply roote