When a person is curious about something,it means he is interested in it and wishes to know more about it.There is____wrong with curiosity in itself.Whether it is good or bad____on what people are curious about.
Curiosity is always silly or wrong.Some persons with nothing to do are____of curiosity about what their neighbours are doing.They are____to know what they are eating or drinking,what they are____home or taking outside,or____they have come home so early or late.To be interested in these things is____because they are not at all___.It is none of their____to know what their neighbours do or are doing.Such curiosity is____not only foolish but also____.For most probably,it____to a small talk which often brings harm,shame or disrespect to others,and thus____their feelings.
On the other hand,there is a____curiosity—the curiosity of wise men,who____at all the great things and try to find out all they____about them.Columbus could____have found America if he had not been___.James Watt would not have made the steam engine____his curiosity about the raising of the kettle lid.All the discoveries in human history have been made____a result of curiosity.But the curiosity is never about unimportant things which have little or nothing to do with the happiness of the public.
1.A.much B.nothing
C.something D.none
2.A.keeps B.puts
C.takes D.depends
3.A.full B.fond
C.proud D.out
4.A.permitted B.worried
C.satisfied D.anxious
5.A.taking B.bringing
C.going D.thinking
6.A.if B.when
C.why D.whether
7.A.silly B.necessary
C.possible D.funny
8.A.wrong B.bad
C.important D.right
9.A.work B.housework
C.duty D.business
10.A.nothing B.all
C.something D.everything
11.A.instructive B.useless
C.harmful D.dreadful
12.A.refers B.leads
C.causes D.follows
13.A.hurts B.effects
C.shows D.oppresses
14.A.terrible B.sudden
C.strange D.noble
15.A.expect B.like
C.wonder D.doubt
16.A.know B.study
C.must D.can
17.A.never B.certainly
C.probably D.finally
18.A.famous B.careful
C.curious D.hard
19.A.for B.without
C.in D.from
20.A.because B.as
C.after D.during
We’re living in ________ people call “Information Age”,so everything is possible.
A.what B.that
C.which D.why
—I reminded you not to forget to turn off the lights when you left the classroom.
—________.
A.So did I B.So you did
C.So do you D.I do so
Mike is kind,determined and full of energy.________,I can’t speak too highly of him.
A.As a result B.In a word
C.By the way D.On the contrary
According to the artists,the painting ________ to go for at least a million dollars.
A.expects B.is expecting
C.will expect D.is expected
You will see the products of Liu Ling alcohol ________ on every avenue of Baoding city.
A.advertise B.advertising
C.advertised D.having advertised