2018年考研英语二真题及答案解析.docx

2018年考研英语二真题及答案解析Section I Use of EnglishDirections：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 so strong that people wiill?2?to satisfy their curiosity even when it is clear the answer will?3.In a series of four experiments, behavioral scientists at the University of Chicago 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 shock when clicked.Twenty-seven?students?were?told?which?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?what?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?13?can?backfire.The?insight?that?curiosity?can?drive?you?to?do?14?things?is?a?profound?one.Unhealthy?curiosity?is?possible?to?15?,however.?In?a?final?experiment,participants?who?were?encouraged?to?16?how?they?would?feel?after?viewing?an?unpleasant?picture?were?less?likely?to?17?to?see?such?an?image.These?results?suggest?that?imagining?the?18?of?following?through?on?