MBA英语二真题2018

2018年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语（二）真题卷【Section I Use of English】Directions：Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank andmark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)Why do people read negative Internet comments and do other things that will obviously be painful?Because humans have an inherent need touncertainty,according to a recent study in PsychologicalScience.The new research reveals that the need to know is so strong that people will to satisfy theircuriosity even when it is clear the answer will.In a series of four experiments,behavioral scientists at the University of Chicago and the WisconsinSchool of Business tested students willingness tothemselves to unpleasant stimuli in an effort to satisfycuriosity.For one,each participant was shown a pile of pens that the researcher claimed were from aprevious experiment.The twist?Half of the pens wouldan electric shock when clicked.Twenty-seven students were told which pens were electrified;another twenty-seven were told only thatsome were electrifiedleft alone in the room,the students who did not know which ones would shockthem clicked more pens and incurred more shocks than the students who knew what would.Subsequentexperiments reproduced this effect with other stimuli,the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard andphotographs of disgusting insects.The drive tois deeply rooted in humans,much the same as the basic drives foror shelter,says Christopher Hsee of the University of Chicago.Curiosity is often considered a good instinctit can new scientific advances,for instancebut sometimes suchcan backfire.The insight thatcuriosity can drive you to dothings is a profound one.Unhealthy curiosity is possible to,however.In a final experiment,participants who wereencouraged tohow they would feel after viewing an unpleasant picture were less likely toto seesuch an image.These results suggest that imagining theof following through on ones curiosity aheadof time can help determine it is worth the endeavor.Thinking about long-termis key to reducingthe possible negative effects of curiosity.”Hsee says.In other words,dont read online comments.12345678910111213141516171819201.resolveAprotectBdiscussCignoreD2.refuseAwaitBseekCregretD3.riseAlastBmisleadChurtD4.alertAtieBexposeCtreatD5.messageAtrialBreviewCconceptD6.removeAweakenBdeliverCinterruptD7.UnlessAIfBThoughCWhenD【Section II Reading Comprehension（Part A）】Directions：Read the following four texts.Answer the questionsbelow each text by by choosing A,B,C or D.Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.(40 points)8.happenAcontinueBdisappearCchangeD9.rather thanAsuch asBregardless ofCowing toD10.disagreeAforgiveBforgetCdiscoverD11.payAmarriageBfoodCschoolingD12.begin withArest onBlearn fromClead toD13.withdrawalAinquiryBpersistenceCdiligenceD14.self-destructiveAself-reliantBself-evidentCself-deceptiveD15.resistAdefineBreplaceCtraceD16.predictAoverlookBdesignCconcealD17.rememberAchooseBpromiseCpretendD18.reliefAplanBoutcomeCdutyD19.whetherAwhyBwhereChowD20.limitationsAinvestmentsBstrategiesCconsequencesDText 1It is curious that Stephen Koziatek feels almost as though he has to justify his efforts to give his studentsa better future.Mr.Koziatek is part of something pioneering.He is a teacher at a New Hampshire high school wherelearning is not something of books and tests and mechanical memorization,but practical.When did it becomeaccepted wisdom that students should be able to name the 13th president of the United States but be utterlyoverwhelmed by a broken bike chain?As Koziatek knows,there is learning in just about everything.Nothing is necessarily gained by forcingstudents to learn geometry at a graffitied desk stuck with generations of discarded chewing gum.They canalso 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 ofinferiority.Schools in the family of vocational education“have that stereotype that its for kids who cantmake it academically,”he says.On one hand,that viewpoint is a logical product of Americas evolution.Manufacturing is not theeconomic engine that it once was.The job security that the US economy once offered to high schoolgraduates has largely evaporated.More education is the new principle.We want more for our kids,andrightfully so.But the headlong push into bachelors degrees for all-and the subtle devaluing of anything less-missesan important point:Thats not the only thing the American economy needs.Yes,a bachelors degree opensmore doors.But even now,54 percent of the jobs in the country are middle-skill jobs,such as constructionand high-skill manufacturing.But only 44 percent of workers are adequately trained.In other words,at a time when the working class has turned the country on its political head,frustratedthat the opportunity that once defined America is vanishing,one obvious solution is staring us in the face.There is a gap in working-class jobs,but the workers who need those jobs most arent equipped to d