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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.
【C18】
选项 A、relief
B、plan
C、outcome
D、duty
答案C
解析 本题考查名词辨析。本名词处于一个of结构中，并且这个of结构是分词imagining的宾语，从而构成一个很长的分词短语作本句的主语。本句子整体上又是一个主从复合句，其中从句是宾语从句，主句的主语是These results，指代的就是之前段落信息中阐述的实验结果，即如果让人们预测一下他们看到令人不舒服的图片会有什么感受的话，他们就不太可能再选择去看这张图像。意思就是“人们如果事先预测到事情的结果，就会三思而行”，而本句表达的是同样的意思，四个选项中最符合这个意思的就是C项outcome(结果)，其他选项例如A项relief(宽慰，减轻)、B项plan(计划)和D项duty(职责，责任)与本题的题意毫无关系，因此本题答案为选项C项。
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