2018考研英语二真题和答案解析

2018 年考研英语（二）真题及参考答案Section 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 humans 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 strong that people will 2 to satisfy 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 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 pensthat the researcher claimed were from a previous experiment. The twist? Half of the pens would 6an electric shock when clicked.Twenty-seven students were told with pens were electrified; 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 more pens and incurred more shocks than the students who knew that would 8 . Subsequent experiments reproduced this effect with other stimuli, 9 the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard and photographs of disgusting insects.The drive to 10is deeply rooted in humans, much the same as the basic drives for11or shelter, says Christopher Hsee of the University of Chicago. Curiosity is often considered a good instinct it can 12new scientific advances, for instance but sometimes such13can backfire. The insight that curiosity can drive you to do 14things 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 less likely to 17 to see such an image. These results suggest that imagining the 18 offollowing through on ones curiosity ahead of time can help determine 19it is worth theendeavor. Thinking about long-term 20is key to reducing the possible negative effects of curiosity,”Hsee says. In other words, dont read online comments.ignore B.protect C.discuss D.resolve 2.A.refuse B.seek C.wait D.regret 3.A.rise B.last C.hurt D.mislead4.A.alert B.expose C.tie D.treat5.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.Though8.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.forget11.A.pay B.food C.marriage D.schooling12.A.begin with B.rest on C.lead to D.learn from 13.A.inquiry B.withdrawal C.persistence D.diligence14.A.self-deceptive B.self-reliant C.self-evident D.self-destructive 15.A.trace B.define C.replace D.resist16.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.duty19.A.how B.why C.where D.whether20.A.limitations B.investments C.consequences D.strategiesSection IIReading Comprehension Part ADirections: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 1It 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?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 assembling a bicycle.But hes also found a kind of insidious prejudice. Working with your hands is seen as almosta mark of inferiority. School in the family of vocational education “have that stereotype.that it s for kids who cant make it academically,” he says.On one hand,that viewpoint is a logical product of Americas 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 principle.We want more for our kids,and rightfully so.But the headlong push into bachelors degrees for alland the subtle devaluing of anythinglessmisses an important point:That s not the only thing the American economy needs.Yes,a bachelor s degree opens moredoors.B