考研英语二试题与答案解析(完整版).docx

Born to win 2018 年考研英语二试题与答案解析（完整版） —— 跨考教育英语教研室 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 researchreveals that the needto know is so strong that people will 2 to satisfy their curiosity even when it is clear the answerwill 3. In a seriesof four experiments, behavioral scientistsat the University of Chicago and the Wisconsin School of Businesstested students'willingness to 4 themselvesto unpleasantstimuli in an effort to satisfy curiosity. For one, 5 each participant was shown a pile of pens that the researcherclaimed were from a previous experiment. The twist? Half of the penswould 6 an electric shock when clicked. Twenty-sevenstudentswere told which penswere electrified;another twenty-seve n were told only that somewere electrified 7 left alone in the room, the studentswho did not know which oneswould shock them clicked more pensand incurred more sho cks than the studentswho knew what would 8 .Subsequentexperimentsreproducedth is effect with other stimuli, 9 the soundof fingernails on a chalkboard andphotograph s of disgusting insects. The drive to 10 is deeply rooted in humans,muchthe sameasthe basic drives for 11 or shelter,saysChristopher Hseeof the University of Chicago. Curiosity is often co nsidereda good instinct-it can 12 new scientific advances,for instance-butsometimes such13 canbackfire.The insight that curiosity can drive you to do 14 things is a prof ound one.Unhealthy curiosity is possibleto 15 ,however. In a final experiment,partici pantswho were encouragedto 16 how they would feel after viewing an unpleasantpic Born to win ture were lesslikely to 17 to seesuch an image.Theseresults suggestthat imagining t he 18 of