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

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.
【C15】
选项 A、resist
B、define
C、replace
D、trace
答案A
解析 本题考查动词辨析。本动词处于段首句中，是全段的总述句，本动词又是这个总述句中的核心词汇，对本段的信息进行总结和概括。因此，这是一个典型的总分结构对照法的题型，本动词的答案只能基于对之后的段落分述的信息进行分析倒推出来。之后的分述信息指出，如果让人们事先想一下为了满足好奇心会有什么不愉快的经历，人们就会三思而行，特别是段落尾句明确阐述了这个实验的结论，即don’t read online comments。再如，分述信息中也出现了In a final experiment, participants who were encouraged to________how they would feel after viewing an unpleasant picture were less likely to ________to see such an image，此处的less likely to do sth. 等信息都在说明“人们不会再为好奇心而去贸然行事”。四个选项中能够准确概括这些分述信息的只能是A项insist(抵制，抗拒)。其他选项例如B项define(定义，释义)、C项replace(替代)和D项trace (追踪)都与本题题意无关。
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