2018年考研英语（二）真题及参考答案本文由凯程陆老师整理SectionⅠUse ofEnglishDirections:Read thefollowingtext.Choose thebestword(s)foreach numbered blankand mark [A],[B],[C]or[D]on theANSWER SHEET.(10points)Why do peoplereadnegativeInternetcomments and do otherthingsthatwillobviouslybepainful?Becausehumans have an inherentneed to1uncertainty,accordingto a recentstudyinPsychologicalScience.The new researchrevealsthatthe need to know isstrongthatpeoplewill2tosatisfytheircuriosityeven when itiscleartheanswerwill3.In a seriesof experiments,behavioralscientistsat the Universityof Chicago and theWisconsinschoolofBusinesstestedstudents’willingnessto4themselvestounpleasantstimuliinan efforttosatisfycuriosity.Forone5,each participantwas shown a pileofpensthattheresearcherclaimedwere from a previousexperiment.The twist?Halfofthepens would6an electricshockwhen clicked.Twenty-sevenstudentswere toldwith pens were electrified;anothertwenty-sevenweretoldonlythatsome were electrified.7leftaloneinthe room. The studentswho didnotknow which ones would shock them clickedmore pens and incurredmore shocksthan thestudentswho knew thatwould8.Subsequentexperimentsreproducedthiseffectwithotherstimuli, 9the sound of fingernailson a chalkboardand photographsof disgustinginsects.The driveto10isdeeplyrootedinhumans, much the same as the basicdrivesfor11orshelter,saysChristopherHsee oftheUniversityofChicago.Curiosityisoftenconsidereda good instinct— itcan12new scientificadvances,forinstance— but sometimes such13can backfire.The insightthatcuriositycan driveyou todo14thingsisa profoundone.Unhealthycuriosityispossibleto15,however.Ina finalexperiment,participantswhowere encouragedto16how theywould feelafterviewingan unpleasantpicturewere lesslikelyto17to see such an image.These resultssuggestthatimaginingthe18offollowingthroughon one’ scuriosityahead oftimecan helpdetermine19itiswo...
