2024年考研英语二真题及答案.pdfVIP

SectionIUseofEnglish

Directions：

Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankand

markA,B,CorDontheANSERSHEET.(10points)

whydopeoplereadnegativeInternetcommentsanddootherthingsthatwill

obviouslybepainfuRBecausehumanshaveaninherentneed

to1uncertainty,accordingtoarecentstudyinPsychologicalScience.Thenew

researchrevealsthattheneedtoknowissostrongthatpeoplewiill2tosatisfytheir

curiosityevenwhenitiscleartheanswerwill3.

Inaseriesoffourexperiments,behavioralscientistsattheUniversityofChicagoand

theisconsinSchoolofBusinesstestedstudentswillingnessto4themselvesto

unpleasantstimuliinanefforttosatisfycuriosity.Forone5eachparticipantwas

shownapileofpensthat:heresearcherclaimedwerefromapreviousexperiment.

Thetwist?Halfofthepenswould6anelectricshockwhenclicked.

Twenty-sevenstudentsweretoldwhichpenswereelectrifed;anothertwenty-sevenw

eretoldonlythatsomewereelectrified7leftaloneintheroom,thestudentswhodid

notknowwhichoneswouldshockthemclickedmorepensandincurredmoreshocks

thanthestudentswhoknewwhatwould8.Subsequentexperimentsreproducedthisef

feetwithotherstimuli,9thesoundoffingernailsonachalkboardandphotographsof

disgustinginsects.

Thedriveto10isdeeplyrootedinhumans,muchthesameasthebasicdrivesfor11o

rshelter,saysChristopherHseeoftheUniversityofChicago.Curiosityisoftenconsid

eredagoodinstinct-itcan12newscientificadvances,forinstance-butsometimessue

h13canbackfire.Theinsightthatcuriositycandriveyoutcdo14thingsisaprofoun

do