【完形填空。ChildhoodcuriositycanlastalifetimeandIlearnedthisfrommysonBill.WhenhewasveryyoungIoftentookhimtothe1.Helovedtoreadandoftenneededto2thebookshe'dreadi】
完形填空。 ChildhoodcuriositycanlastalifetimeandIlearnedthisfrommysonBill.WhenhewasveryyoungI
oftentookhimtothe 1 .Helovedtoreadandoftenneededto 2 thebookshe'dreadinorderto
borrowmorebooks.Oneunintended 3 ofhisnonstopreadinghabitswasthatheeven 4 atthedinner
table.HismotherMaryandIdidourbestto 5 himthatoncertainsocial 6 readingwhilediningwith
otherswasnotagoodthing.
Everysummertheteachersathisschool 7 givethestudentsareadinglistandtherewasacontestto
seewhocouldreadthemostbooks.Hewasso 8 andhealwayswantedtowin.Andheoften 9 .But
themainreasonwhyhereadsoobsessively(着迷地)wasthathewasso 10 .Hedidn'tjustwantto
learnabout 11 things.Hewantedtolearnabouteverything.
Wehelped 12 hiscuriosityineveryway. 13 anunfamiliarwordcameupinconversationwe'd
turntothe 14 lookingupthewordandreadingthedefinitionaloud.Thusmysoncametorealizethatif
youhaveaquestionthe 15 existssomewhere.Allyouhavetodois 16 it.
Billremainsasmuchofa 17 todayaswhenhewasachildandheseemsto 18 everythinghe
reads.He'soften 19 tosharewhathe'slearnedwiththenextpersonhemeets.He 20 readsatthe
dinnertablethough-whichisagoodthingbecausethebookshe'sattractedtonowareincreasingly
unappetizing(引不起食欲的):TheEradicationofInfectiousDiseasesMosquitoesMalaria&Man
andRatsLiceandHistory.