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2018年考研英语二真题及答案 SectionI UseofEnglish Directions: Read thefollowing text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blankandmarkA,B, CorD on theANSWERSHEET. (10points) 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 isclear theanswerwill___3___. In a series of four experiments,behavioral scientists at theUniversity of Chicago Booth School of Business 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 shockwhen clicked. Twenty-seven students were told which pens were rigged; another twenty-seven weretold only that somewere electrified.___7___ left alone in theroom,the students who did not know which ones would shock them clicked more pens and incurred morejoltsthan the studentswho knew what would___8___. Subsequent experiments replicated this effect with other stimuli, ___9___ the sound of fingernails on a chalkboardandphotographsofdisgustinginsects. The drive to ___10___ is deeply ingrained in humans, much the same as the basic drives___11___ or shelter, says Christopher Hsee oftheUniversity of Chicago, a co-author of thepaper.Curiosity is often considered a good instinct—it can ____12 ___ new scientific advances, for instance—but sometimes such___13____ can backfire. The insight that curiosity can drive you to do ____14____ things is a profoundone. Unhealthy curiosity is possible to ___15___, however. In