2018考研英语二真题与答案与解析.docxVIP

WORD 专业资料 WORD资料.可编辑 2018年考研英语二真题及答案解析 SectionIUseofEnglish Directions ： Readthefollowing text. Choosethe best word (s) for each numberedblank andmark A,B,CorDontheANSWERSHEET.(10points) whydopeople readnegative Internet commentsanddoother things that will obviously bepainful?Becausehumanshaveaninherentneedto 1 uncertainty,accordingto arecentstudyin PsychologicalScience.The newresearchrevealsthattheneed to knowis sostrong that peoplewiill 2 tosatisfytheircuriosityevenwhenit is cleartheanswerwill 3. In aseries of four experiments, behavioral scientists at the University of Chicago andthe Wisconsin School of Business tested students willingness to 4 themselves tounpleasantstimuliinanefforttosatisfycuriosity.Forone 5 each participant wasshownapile of pensthat the researcher claimed werefrom aprevious experiment.Thetwist?Halfofthepenswould 6anelectricshockwhenclicked. Twenty-seven students were told which pens were electrified;another twe nty-seven were told only that some were electrified 7 left alone in the room, the students whodid not know which ones would shock th em clicked more pens and incurred more shocks than the students who knew what would 8 .Subsequent experiments reproduced this effect wit h other stimuli, 9 the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard and pho tographs of disgusting insects. Thedrive to 10 is deeplyrooted in humans,much the same as the ba sic 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 back fire.The insight that curiosity can drive you to do 14 things is a profound one.Unhealthy curiosity is possible to 15 ,however. In a f inal experiment,participants who were encouraged to 16 how they would feel after viewing anunpleasant picture were less likely to 17 to see such an image.These results suggest that imagining the 18 of f ollowing through on ones curiosity ahead of time can help determine 19 i