2018考研英语（二）真题及参考答案（完整版）
SectionⅠ U of English
Directions:
习常Read the following text. Choo 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? Becau humans have an inherent need to 1 uncertainty, according to a recent study in Psychological Science. The new rearch reveals that the need to know is strong that people will 2 to satisfy their curiosity even when it is clear the answer will 普陀山一日游攻略 3 .
In a ries of experiments, behavioral孕妇能吃桃子吗 scientists at the University of Chicago and the Wisconsin school of Business tested students’ willingness to 4 themlves to unpleasant stimuli in an effort to satisfy curiosity. For one 5 , each participant was shown a pile of pens that the rearcher claimed were from a previous experiment. The twist? Half of the p
ens would 6 an electric shock when clicked.
Twenty-ven students were told with pens were electrified; another twenty-ven 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 incurred more shocks than the students who knew that would 8 . Subquent experiments reproduced this effect with other stimuli, 9 the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard and photographs of disgusting incts.
The drive to 10 is deeply rooted in humans, much the same as the basic drives for 11 or shelter, says Christopher He of the University of Chicago. 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 is a profound one.
Unhealthycuriosity 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 le
ss likely to 17 to e such an image. The results suggest that imagining the 18 of following through on one’s curiosity 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,”He says. In other words, don’t read online comments.
1.A.ignore B.protect C.discuss 我的姑姑D.resolve
fu B.ek C.wait D.regret
给妈妈的生日祝福3.A.ri B.last C.hurt D.mislead
4.A.alert B.expo C.tie D.treat
5.A.trial B.message C.review D.concept
美国的教育
ve 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 than 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
电影柳堡的故事13.A.inquiry B.withdrawal C.persistence D.diligence
14.A.lf-deceptive B.lf-reliant C.lf-evident D.lf-destructive
ace B.define C.replace D.resist
al B.overlook C.design D.predict
17.A.choo B.remember C.promi D.pretend
lief B.outcome C.plan D.duty
19.A.how B.why C.where D.whether
20.A.limitations B.investments C.conquences D.strategies
Section II Reading Comprehension
Part A
Directions:
Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing [A],[B], [C] or [D]. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (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 future.
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 mechanical memorization, but practical. When did it become accepted wisdom that students should be able to name
the 13th president of the United States but be utterly overwhelmed by a broken bike Chain?
销售话术模板As Koziatek know, 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 discarded chewing gum. They can also learn geometry by asmbling a bicycle.
But he’s also found a kind of insidious prejudice. Working with your hands is en as almost a mark of inferiority. School in the family of vocational education “have hat it’s for kids who can’t make it academically,” 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 curity that the US economy once offered to high school graduates has largely evaporated. More education is the new principle.We want more for our kids,and rightfully so.
