年寒窗苦读日，只盼金榜题名时，祝你考试拿高分，鲤鱼跳龙门！加油！2018上海考研英语二真题及答案Section Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and markA,B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)Why do people read negative Internet comments and do other things that will obviously bepainful? Because humans have an inherent need to 1 uncertainty, according to a recent study inPsychological Science. The new research reveals that the need to know is strong that people will 2 tosatisfy their curiosity even when it is clear the answer will 3 .In a series of experiments, behavioral scientists at the University of Chicago and the Wisconsinschool of Business tested students willingness to 4 themselves to unpleasant stimuli in an effort tosatisfy curiosity. For one 5 , each participant was shown a pile of pens that the researcher claimedwere from a previous experiment. The twist? Half of the pens would 6 an electric shock whenclicked.Twenty-seven students were told with pens were electrified; another twenty-seven were toldonly that some were electrified. 7 left alone in the room. The students who did not know which oneswould shock them clicked more pens and incurred more shocks than the students who knew thatwould 8 . Subsequent experiments reproduced this effect with other stimuli, 9 the sound offingernails on a chalkboard and photographs of disgusting insects.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 instinctitcan 12 new scientific advances, for instancebut sometimes such 13 can backfire. The insight thatcuriosity can drive you to do 14 things is a profound one.Unhealthy curiosity is possible to 15 , however. In a final experiment, participants who wereencouraged to 16 how they would feel after viewing an unpleasant picture were less likely to 17 tosee such an image. These results suggest that imagining the 18 of following through on onescuriosity ahead of time can help determine 19 it is worth the endeavor. Thinking about long-term 20 is key to reducing the possible negative effects of curiosity,”Hsee says. In other words, dont readonline comments.1. A.ignore B.protect C.discuss D.resolve答案：D. resolve考点：词义辨析解析：文章首段第一句话就交代了全文主旨：Why do people read negative Internetcomments and do other things that will obviously be painful? 人们浏览网络负面评论信息以及做一些明显令人痛苦的事情的原因。第二句指出原因：因为人们内心里有一种_不确定因素需求，空格处所需的动词和后面的宾语 uncertainty 构成动宾结构。A 选项 ignore，忽略，B 选项 protect，保护，C 选项 discuss，讨论，带入空格后，语义不通顺，所以不正确。D 选项 resolve，解决、消除，“消除不确定性”符合语义要求；故正确答案为 D 选项 resolve。2. A.refuse B.seek C.wait D.regret答案：B. seek考点：词义辨析解析：空格所在句指出：这项新研究表明，这种求知需求如此强烈以至于人们会_（答案）来满足他们的好奇心即使他们清楚答案会_。空格处所填入的词需要和后面隐含的宾语答案来构成顺畅的语义搭配，只有 B 选项 seek, 试图、设法、寻找,符合要求；A选项 refuse,拒绝，C 选 wait,等待，C 选项 regret,遗憾,带入后，语义不通顺。故正确答案为 B.seek。3. A.rise B.last C.hurt D.mislead答案：C.hurt考点：词义辨析解析：空格所在句指出：这项新研究表明，这种求知需求如此强烈以至于人们寻找答案来满足他们的好奇心即使答案明显 本句中的 even when（即使）构成了前后的对立关系，因此空格处所填入的词需和前面的感情色彩词“strong”及语义构成对立，只有 C 选项 hurt（令人痛苦）符合要求；另外此处的 it is clear that the answer will hurt 也和第一句中的 thatwill obviously be painful 构成了近义复现。故 C 选项为正确答案。4. A.alert B.expose C.tie D.treat答案：B.expose考点：固定短语解析：空格所在处，构成了_oneself to sth 结构，只有 D 选项 expose 符合要求,使某人暴露在中，故 B 选项 expose 为正确答案。5. A.trial B.message C.review D.concept答案：A.trial考点：词义辨析解析：本段段首提到“a series of four experiments”，空格所在句给出其中一个实验的信息，只有 A 选项 trail 与 experiment 语义相近，故正确答案为 A 选项 trail。6. A.remove B.deliver C.weaken D.interrupt答案：B.deliver考点：语义逻辑解析：上文指出：For one trial，each participant was shown a pile of pens that the researcherclaimed were from a previous experiment。 在一个试验中，研究人员给每位受试者一堆笔并声称其源于先前的实验。这是实验的背景。下文具体实验展开，Half of the pens wouldan electric shock when clicked。 有一半的比在按下的时候会使人触电。所以比对选项，要选择 deliver ，发出，递送。因此 B 为正确答案。7. A.Unless B.If C.When D.Though答案：C.When考点：逻辑关系解析：上文讲的是 Twenty-seven students were told which pens were rigged；another 27 were told only研究人员告知了 27 名受试学生哪些笔是内有玄机，而另外 27 名学生只知道有些笔是带电的。下文就是具体的发生的实验状态了。当他们独自在房里时， 而不是条件 if， unless 或者 转折关系。因此选择 C。8. A.change B.continue C.disappear D.happen答案：D.happen考点：语义逻辑解析：根据上文的实验背景，试验中 27 个人知道哪些笔是内有玄机，而另外 27 名学生只知道有些笔是带电的。下面的告知了实验的结论 ：当他们独自在房里时，那些不知哪些笔带电的学生按下了更多的笔头，比这些受试者多，后面是定语，显然这些受试者是只上文被告知的人，所以这些人知道 the students who knew what would happen，强调结果性。所以选择 D。9. A.such as B.rather than C.regardless of D.owing to答案：A.such as考点：逻辑关系解析：上文在之后其他刺激因素的实验中， 后文讲到具体的实验：指甲刮黑板的声音和令人生厌的昆虫图片 显然这里需要例证关系，故选择 A。10.A.disagree B.forgive C.discover D.forget答案：C.discover考点：语义逻辑解析：文章开篇提出：The human drive to resolve uncertainty is so strong 人们对于寻找答案以消除不确定因素总是乐此不疲。再根据上文的实验，都表示这是一种 discover 的需求，越是不确定的，越好奇。故选择 C。11.A.pay B.food C.marriage D.schooling答案：B.food考点：语义逻辑解析：这个空出现在卡内基梅隆大学（Carnegie Mellon University）的观点中，前后观点没有任何转折连词，所以前后句应该一脉相承。前文中 the drive is deeply rooted in human，指的是人类根深蒂固的本性，而且后文也说到 curiosity is