2018年研究生考试英语二.pdf

2018 年全国硕士研究生招生考试 英语（二）答案及解析 Section I Use of English Directions Read t . he follo\\>ing t ext. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or Don t he ANSWER SHEET.(10 points) Why do people read negative Internet c.ornments and do other thing s ob�ously painful? Bec.ause humans have an inherent need to_l_ uncertainty according to a recent study in PS)1chological Science. The new research reveals that the need to know is so strong that people ,viii 2 to satisfv their curiositv even when it is clear the anS\ver 劝113 In a series of four exp er皿ents, behavioral scientists at the Univer匀ty of of Chicago ooth School of usiness and the Wisc.onsin School of Business tested students' \\�llingness to _j themselves to unpleasant stimuli in an effort to satisfy curiosity. For one 主_, each participant was shO\\'ll a pile of pens that the researcher claimed were from a previous exp打iment. The t;vist? Half of the pens would立_ an electric shock when clicked. Twenty-seven students were told which pens were electrified; another 27 were told only that some were electrified. l_left alone in the room, the students who did not know which ones should shock them clicked more pens and incurred more jolts than the students who knew what would L- Subsequent exper皿ents reproduc忒this effect with other st皿uli, 2._the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard and photographs of disgusting insects The drive to IO is deeply rooted in humans, much the same as the basic drives for 11 or shelter, says