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Why do people read negative Internet comments and do other things that will obviously be painful? Because humans have an inheren

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问题     Why do people read negative Internet comments and do other things that will obviously be painful? Because humans have an inherent need to【C1】________uncertainty, according to a recent study in Psychological Science. The new research reveals that the need to know is so strong that people will【C2】________to satisfy their curiosity even when it is clear the answer will【C3】________.
    In a series of four experiments, behavioral scientists at the University of Chicago and the Wisconsin School of Business tested students’ willingness to【C4】________themselves to unpleasant stimuli in an effort to satisfy curiosity. For one【C5】________each participant was shown a pile of pens that the researcher claimed were from a previous experiment. The twist? Half of the pens would【C6】________an electric shock when clicked.
    Twenty-seven students were told which pens were electrified; another twenty-seven were told only that some were electrified.【C7】________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 what would【C8】________. Subsequent experiments reproduced this effect with other stimuli,【C9】________the sound of finger nails on a chalkboard and photographs of disgusting insects.
    The drive to【C10】________is deeply rooted in humans, much the same as the basic drives for【C11】________ or shelter, says Christopher Hsee of the University of Chicago. Curiosity is often considered a good instinct—it can【C12】________new scientific advances, for instance—but sometimes such【C13】________can backfire. The insight that curiosity can drive you to do【C14】________things is a profound one.
    Unhealthy curiosity is possible to【C15】________, however. In a final experiment, participants who were encouraged to【C16】________how they would feel after viewing an unpleasant picture were less likely to 【C17】________to see such an image. These results suggest that imagining the【C18】________of following through on one’s curiosity ahead of time can help determine【C19】________it is worth the endeavor. "Thinking about long-term【C20】________is key to reducing the possible negative effects of curiosity." Hsee says. In other words, don’t read online comments.
【C2】
选项 A、refuse
B、wait
C、seek
D、regret
答案C
解析 本题考查动词辨析。本动词的主语是people，之后本动词搭配不定式to satisfy their curiosity。这里的satisfy their curiosity(满足好奇心)就是解决不确定性的意思，与humans resolve uncertainty同义。同时本动词处在一个so…that(如此……以至于)的句型中，而该句子的前部分信息为the need to know is so strong，综合这些原文信息就可以确定to satisfy their curiosity是people非常希望去做的动作，因此首先就可以排除A项refuse(拒绝)和D项regret(后悔)，这两个选项表达的动作与全文主旨倾向矛盾。而在B项wait(等待)和C项seek(寻求)之间，C项seek(寻求)表达的seek to satisfy their curiosity(人类通过寻找来满足好奇心)与全文主旨倾向最为一致，因此为最佳答案。
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