1、Section I Use of EnglishDirections：Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank andmark 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 inh
2、erent needto 1 uncertainty,according to a recent study in Psychological Science. The newresearch reveals that the need to know is so strong that people wiill 2 to satisfy theircuriosity even when it is clear the answer will 3.In a series of four experiments, behavioral scientists at
3、the University of Chicago andthe Wisconsin School of Business tested students' willingness to 4 themselves tounpleasant stimuli in an effort to satisfy curiosity. For one 5 each participant wasshown a pile of pens that the researcher claimed were from a previous experiment.The twist?
4、Half of the pens would 6 an electric shock when clicked.Twenty-seven students were told which pens were electrified;another twenty-seven were told only that some were electrified 7 left alone in the room, the students who didnot know which ones would shock them clicked more pens and
5、incurred more shocksthan the students who knew what would 8 .Subsequent experiments reproduced this effect with other stimuli, 9 the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard and photographs ofdisgusting insects.The drive to 10 is deeply rooted in humans,much the same as the basic drives
6、for 11 or shelter,says Christopher Hsee 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.Unhealthy
7、curiosity is possible to 15 ,however. In a final experiment,participants who were encouraged to 16 how they would feel after viewing an unpleasant picturewere less likely to 17 to see such an image.These results suggest that imagining the 18 of following through on one's curiosity ah
