2018年MBA英语真题-英语二.docx

2018年研究生入学统一考试试题（英语二）
Section I Use of English
Directions :
Read the follow ing text. Choose the best word (s) for each nu mbered bla nk and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 poi nts)
Why do people read n egative Internet comme nts and do other things that will obviously be pain ful? Because huma ns have an in here nt n eed to 1_un certai nty, accord ing to a rece nt study in Psychological Science. The new research reveals that the need to know is so strong that people will 2_to satisfy their curiosity even when it is clear the answer will 3. _
In a series of four experiments, behavioral scientists at the University of Chicago and the Wisc onsin School of Busin ess tested stude nts' willi ngn ess to 4 _themselves to un pleasa nt stimuli in an effort to satisfy curiosity. For one_5 each participant was shown a pile of pens that the researcher claimed were from a previous experiment. The twist?Half of the pens would 6_an electric shock whe n clicked.
Twen ty-seve n stude nts were told which pens were electrified;a no ther twen ty-seve n were told only that some were electrified 7_left alone in the room, the students who did not know which ones would shock them clicked more pens and in curred more shocks tha n the stude nts who knew what would 8_ .Subseque nt experime nts reproduced this effect with other stimuli, 9_the sound of fingern ails on a chalkboard and photographs of disgusti ng in sects.
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 often considered a good instinct- it can 12 new scie ntific adva nces, for in sta nce-but sometimes such 13 ca n in sight that curiosity can drive you to do 14_things is a profound curiosity is possible to 15 山0 wever. I n a final experime nt,participa nts who were en couraged to 16_how they would feel after vie wing an un pleasa nt picture were less likely to 17 to see such