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去百度文库,查看完整内容>内容来自用户:彻工业布局睬磷2018考研英语(二)真题及参考答案(完整版)来源:文都教育SectionⅠ Use of EnglishDirections: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 willobviously be painful? Because humans have an inherent need to1uncertainty, according to a recent study inPsychological Science. The new research reveals that the need to know is strong that people will2to satisfy their curiosity even when it is clear the answer will3.In a series of experiments,behavioralscientists at the University of Chicago and theWisconsin school of Business tested students’ willingness to4themselves to unpleasant stimuli in an effortto satisfy curiosity. For one5, each participant was shown a pile of pens that the researcher claimed were from a previous experiment. The twist? Half of the pens would6an electric shock when clicked.Twenty-seven students were told with pens were electrified; another twenty-seven were told only that some were electrified.7left alone in the room. The students who did not know which ones would shock them clicked mor