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1、2018年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（二） 及答案 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) Why do people read negative Internet comments and do other things that will obviously be painful? Because h
2、umans have an inherent need to_1_ uncertainty, according to a recent 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 scie
3、ntists at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the Wisconsin School of Business tested students willingness to _4_ themselves to unpleasant 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 prev
4、ious experiment. The twist? Half of the pens would _6_ an electric shock when clicked. Twenty-seven students were told which pens were rigged; another twenty-seven 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
5、 more pens and incurred more jolts than the students who knew what would _8_. Subsequent experiments replicated this effect with other stimuli, _9_ the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard and photographs of disgusting insects. The drive to _10_ is deeply ingrained in humans, much the same as the ba
6、sic drives _11_ or shelter, says Christopher Hsee of the University of Chicago, a co-author of the paper. Curiosity is often considered a good instinct it can _12 _ new scientific advances, for instance but sometimes such _ 13_ can backfire. The insight that curiosity can drive you to do _14_ things
7、 is a profound one. Unhealthy curiosity is possible to _15_, 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_ to see such an image. These results suggest that imagining the _18_ _ of following th
8、rough on ones curiosity ahead of time can help determine_ 19 _ it is worth the endeavor. Thinking about long-term _20_ is key to mitigating the possible negative effects of curiosity, Hsee says. In other words, dont read online comments. 1. A. ignore B. protect C. discuss D. resolve 2. A. refuse B.
9、seek C. wait D. regret 3. A. rise B. last C. hurt D. mislead 4. A. alert B. expose C. tie D. treat 5. A. trial B. message C. review D. concept 6. A. remove B. deliver C. weaken D. interrupt 7. A. Unless B. If C. When D. Though 8. A. change B. continue C. disappear D. happen 9. A. such as B. rather t
10、han C.regardless of D. owing to 10. A. disagree B. forgive C. discover D. forget 11.A. pay B. food C. marriage D. schooling 12.A. begin with B. rest on C. lead to D. learn from 13.A. inquiry B. withdrawal C. persistence D. diligence 14.A. self-deceptive B. self-reliant C. self-evident D. self-destru
11、ctive 15.A. trace B. define C. replace D. resist 16.A. conceal B. overlook C. design D. predict 17.A. choose B. remember C. promise D. pretend 18.A. relief B. outcome C. plan D. duty 19.A. how B. why C. where D. whether 20.A.limitations B. investments C. consequences D. strategies Section Reading Co
12、mprehension Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions after each text by choosing A,B,C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points) Text 1 It is curious that Stephen Koziatek feels almost as though he has to justify his efforts to give his students a better fu
13、ture. Mr. Koziatek is part of something pioneering. He is a teacher at a New Hampshire high school where learning is not something of books and tests and rote memorization, but practical, reports staff writer Stacy Teicher Khadaroo in this weeks cover story. When did it become accepted wisdom that s
14、tudents should be able to name the 13th president of the United States but be utterly bamboozled by a busted bike chain? As Koziatek knows, there is learning in just about everything. Nothing is necessarily gained by forcing students to learn geometry at a graffitied desk stuck with generations of d
15、iscarded chewing gum. They can also learn geometry by assembling a bicycle. But hes also found a kind of insidious prejudice. Working with your hands is seen as almost a mark of inferiority. Schools in the family of vocational education have that stereotype .that its for kids who cant make it academ
16、ically, he says. On one hand, that viewpoint is a logical product of America s evolution. Manufacturing is not the economic engine that it once was. The job security that the US economy once offered to high school graduates has largely evaporated. More education is the new mantra. We want more for our kids, and rightfully so. But the headlong push into bachelors degrees for all and the s
