2 01 8 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(二)本文由凯程陆老师整理SectionⅠ 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. (1 0 points)Why do people read negative Internet comments and do other things that will obviously bepainful? Because humans have an inherent need to1uncertainty, according to a recentstudy in Psychological Science. The new research reveals that the need to know is strong thatpeople will2to satisfy their curiosity even when it is clear the answer will3In a series of experiments, behavioral scientists at the University of Chicago and theWisconsin school of Business tested students’ willingness to4themselves to unpleasantstimuli in an effort to satisfy curiosity. For one5, each participant was shown a pile of pensthat the researcher claimed were from a previous experiment. The twist? Half of the pens would6an electric shock when clicked.Twenty-seven students were told with pens were electrified; another twenty-seven weretold only that some were electrified.7left alone in the room. The students who did not knowwhich ones would shock them clicked more pens and incurred more shocks than the studentswho knew that would8. Subsequent experiments reproduced this effect with other stimuli,9the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard and photographs of disgusting insects.The drive to1 0is deeply rooted in humans, much the same as the basic drives for1 1or shelter, says Christopher Hsee of the University of Chicago. Curiosity is often considered agood instinct—it can1 2new scientific advances, for instance—but sometimes such1 3can backfire. The insight that curiosity can drive you to do1 4things is a profound o...
