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硕士入学统一考试试题（英语二）

SectionIUseofEnglish

Directions：

Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreach

numberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDontheANSWERSHEET.

(10points)

WhydopeoplereadnegativeInternetcommentsanddo

otherthingsthatwillobviouslybepainful?Becausehumans

haveaninherentneedto1uncertainty,accordingtoa

recentstudyinPsychologicalScience.Thenewresearch

revealsthattheneedtoknowissostrongthatpeoplewill2to

satisfytheircuriosityevenwhenitiscleartheanswerwill3.

Inaseriesoffourexperiments,behavioralscientistsatthe

UniversityofChicagoandtheWisconsinSchoolofBusiness

testedstudents'willingnessto4themselvestounpleasant

stimuliinanefforttosatisfycuriosity.Forone5each

participantwasshownapileofpensthattheresearcher

claimedwerefromapreviousexperiment.Thetwist?Halfof

thepenswould6anelectricshockwhenclicked.

Twenty-

sevenstudentsweretoldwhichpenswereelectrified;anothe
rtwenty-

sevenweretoldonlythatsomewereelectrified7leftalonei

ntheroom,thestudentswhodidnotknowwhichoneswoul

dshockthemclickedmorepensandincurredmoreshockst

hanthestudentswhoknewwhatwould8.Subsequentexper

imentsreproducedthiseffectwithotherstimuli,9thesound

offingernailsonachalkboardandphotographsofdisgusting

insects.

Thedriveto10isdeeplyrootedinhumans,muchthesam

easthebasicdrivesfor11orshelter,saysChristopherHseeof

theUniversityofChicago.Curiosityisoftenconsideredago

odinstinct-itcan12newscientificadvances,forinstance-

butsometimessuch13canbackfire.Theinsightthatcuriosity

candriveyoutodo14thingsisaprofoundone.Unhealthycu

riosityispossibleto15,however.Inafinalexperiment,particip

antswhowereencouragedto16howtheywouldfeelafter

viewinganunpleasantpicturewerelesslikelyto17toseesu

chanimage.Theseresultssuggestthatimaginingthe18offo

llowingthroughonone'scuriosityaheadoftimecanhelpde

termine19itisworththeendeavor.Thinkingaboutlong-

term20iskeytoreducingthepossiblenegativeeffectsofcu



1.A.resolveB.protectC.discussD.ignore
2.A.refuseB.waitC.seekD.regret
3.A.riseB.lastC.misleadD.hurt
4.A.ale