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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.
【C4】
选项 A、alert
B、tie
C、expose
D、treat
答案C
解析 本题考查动词辨析，并且本动词处于oneself to sth. 的短语搭配中。根据本动词的宾语是themselves可以推断出它的主语是之前的students，而to之后的原文信息为unpleasant stimuli (不愉快的刺激)。同时，之后的句子信息又给出了in an effort to satisfy curiosity，即其目的是“为了满足好奇心”。首先根据对全文主旨的把握，即“人们为了满足好奇心愿意去做令人痛苦的事情”，就能判断出本动词所要表达的意思是students把自己置身于unpleasant stimuli(不愉快的刺激)中。首先排除A项alert(使警觉)，因为此动词表达的意思是“使警觉起来从而远离”，与主旨倾向相矛盾。D项treat(招待，使享受)构成的固定搭配treat oneself to sth. 一般与美好的事物相衔接，与本题不符合。B项tie(使连接，使束缚)与C项expose(使暴露，使遭受)相比，C项expose的意思最为合理，因为expose oneself。to sth. 通常表达的是“使自身遭受不好的事物”，因此C项expose为最佳答案。
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