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2018 考研英语(二)真题及参考答案(完整版)
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 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 to4 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
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