2018年考研英语二试题答案及解析.pdfVIP

一、SectionⅠUseofEnglish

WhydopeoplereadnegativeInternetcommentsanddootherthingsthatwill

obviouslybepainful?Becausehumanshaveaninherentneedto(1)_____uncertainty,

accordingtoarecentstudyinPsychologicalScience.Thenewresearchrevealsthatthe

needtoknowissostrongthatpeoplewill(2)_____tosatisfytheircuriosityevenwhenit

iscleartheanswerwill(3)_____.

Inaseriesoffourexperiments,behavioralscientistsattheUniversityofChicagoand

theWisconsinSchoolofBusinesstestedstudents’willingnessto(4)_____themselvesto

unpleasantstimuliinanefforttosatisfycuriosity.Forone(5)_____,eachparticipantwas

shownapileofpensthattheresearcherclaimedwerefromapreviousexperiment.The

twist?Halfofthepenswould(6)_____anelectricshockwhenclicked.

Twenty-sevenstudentsweretoldwhichpenswereelectrified,anothertwenty-seven

weretoldonlythatsomewereelectrified.(7)_____leftaloneintheroom,thestudents

whodidnotknowwhichoneswouldshockthemclickedmorepensandincurredmore

shocksthanthestudentswhoknewwhatwould(8)_____.Subsequentexperiments

reproducedthiseffectwithotherstimuli,(9)_____thesoundoffingernailsona

chalkboardandphotographsofdisgustinginsects.

Thedriveto(10)_____isdeeplyrootedinhumans,muchthesameasthebasicdrives

for(11)_____orshelter,saysChristopherHseeoftheUniversityofChicago,aco-author

ofthepaper.Curiosityisoftenconsideredagoodinstinct—itcan(12)_____new

scientificadvances,forinstance—butsometimessuch(13)_____canbackfire.The

insightthatcuriositycandriveyoutodo(14)_____thingsisaprofoundone.

Unhealthycuriosityispossibleto(15)_____,however.Inafinalexperiment,

participantswhowereencouragedto(16)_____howtheywouldfeelafterviewingan

unpleasantpicturewerelesslikelyto(17)_____toseesuchanimage.Theseresults

suggest