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【答案】D. predict

【解析】动词辨析。本段首句是本段的中心：然而，抵制病态的好奇心理并非不可能。所以可以预测出这一段会围绕抵制病态的好奇心展开。In a final experiment, participants who were encouraged to 16 how they would feel after viewing an unpleasant picture were less likely to 17 to see such an image. 16题所在句子是participants的后置定语，用来修饰受试者，指他们被鼓励去如何，结合后面的目睹不太愉悦的图片后他们将（would）会有什么样的感觉，可以得出是提前想象出来的，故选择D predict，预测。粉笔考研提示：predict一词在考研写作中常用的句型有：It is predicted that…（据预测……）；类似的表达还有：It is reported that…（据报道……）。