2018年考研英语二试题与答案解析.pdf

2018年考研英语二试题与答案解析--第1页 2018年考研英语二试题与答案解析(完整版) ——跨考教育英语教研室 Section I Use of English Directions ： Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blan and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) why do peopl read negativ Internet comments and do other things that will obviously b painful?Becaus humans hav an inherent n d to 1 uncertainty,according to a recent study in Psychological Science. The new research reveals that the n d 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 th University of Chicago and th 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 wer from a previous experiment. Th twist?Half of th pens would 6 an electric shock when clicked. Twenty-seven students were told which pens were electrified;another twenty-sev en were told only that some were electrified 7 left alone in the room, the student s who did not know which ones would shock them clicked more pens and incurr ed more shocks than the students who knew what would 8 .Subsequent experim nts reproduced this effect with other stimuli, 9 the sound of fingernails on a chal kboard and photographs of disgusting insects. 2018年考研英语二试题与答案解析--第1页 2018年考研英语二试题与答案解析--第2页 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 o ten considered a good instinct-it can 12 new scientific advances, for instance-but sometimes such 13 can