2018考研英语二真题与答案解析.doc

2018年研究生入学统一考试试题（英语二） 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 research reveals that the need to know is so strong that people will 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