2018年MBA英语真题英语二.docx

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2018年研究生入学统一考试试题（英语二）

SectionIUseofEnglish

Directions：

Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDontheANSWERSHEET.(10points)

WhydopeoplereadnegativeInternetcommentsanddootherthingsthatwillobviouslybepainful?Becausehumanshaveaninherentneedto 1uncertainty,accordingtoarecentstudyinPsychologicalScience.Thenewresearchrevealsthattheneedtoknowissostrongthatpeoplewill 2tosatisfytheircuriosityevenwhenitiscleartheanswerwill3 .

Inaseriesoffourexperiments,behavioralscientistsattheUniversityofChicagoandtheWisconsinSchoolofBusinesstestedstudentswillingnessto4themselvestounpleasantstimuliinanefforttosatisfycuriosity.Forone 5

eachparticipantwasshownapileofpensthattheresearcherclaimedwerefromapreviousexperiment.Thetwist?Halfofthepenswould 6 anelectricshockwhenclicked.

Twenty-seven students

were

told

which

pens

were electrified;another

twenty-seven were told

only

that

some

were

electrified 7 left

a

lone in the room, the students who did not know which ones would shock them clicked more pens and incurred more shocks than the students who knew what would 8 .Subsequent experiments reproducedthiseffectwithotherstimuli,9thesoundoffingernailsonacha

lkboard and photographs of disgusting insects.

The drive to 10 is deeply rooted in humans,much the same asthe basic drives for 11 or shelter,says Christopher Hsee of the

University of Chicago. Curiosity is often considered a good instinct-it can 12 new scientific advances, for instance-but sometimes such

can backfire.The insight that curiosity can drive you to do

things is a profound one.Unhealthy curiosity is possible to

,however. In a final experiment,participants who were encouraged to 16 how they would feel after viewing an unpleasant picture were less likely to 17