2018年考研英语二真题与答案解析.docx

2018年考研英语二真题与答案 解析
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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 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
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Twenty-seven students were told which pens were electrified;another twenty -seven were told only that some wer e electrified 7 left alone in the room, the students who did not know which ones would shock them clicke d more pens and incurred more shock s than the students who knew what would 8 ・ Subsequent experiments repro duced this effect with other stimuli ,9 the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard and photographs of disgu sting insects.
The drive to 10 is deeply rooted i n humans, much the same as the basic drives for
11 or shelter, says Chri stopher Hsee of the University of C
hicago. Curiosity is often considered a good instinct-it can 12 new sci entific advances, for instance-but so metimes such 13 can backfire. The ins ight that curiosity can drive you t o do 14 things is a profound one. U nhealthy curiosity is possible t