第二节、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）Whenapersoniscuriousaboutsomething,itmeansheisinterestedinitandwishestoknowsomethingaboutit.Thereis36wrongwithcuriosity(好奇)initself.Wheth

　　第二节、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

　　Whenapersoniscuriousaboutsomething,itmeansheisinterestedinitandwishestoknowsomethingaboutit.Thereis 36 wrongwithcuriosity(好奇)initself.Whetheritisgoodorbad __37 onwhatpeoplearecuriousabout.

　　Curiosity 38 canbefoolishorwrong.Somepeoplewithnothingtodoare 39 ofcuriosityaboutwhattheirneighboursaredoing.Theyhaveastrongwishtoknowwhattheyare __40 homeortakingoutside,orwhytheyhavecomehomeso 41__orlate.Tobeinterestedinthesethingsisfoolishbecauseitisnoneof 42 businesstoknowwhattheirneighboursdooraredoing.Suchcuriosityisnotonlyfoolishbutalso 43 .Formostprobably,itmayleadtoasmalltalk 44 oftenbringsharm,lossofhonourordisrespecttoothers,andthus 45 theirfeelings.

　　Ontheotherhand,thereisa 46 curiosity---thecuriosityofwisemen,who 47 atallthegreatthingsandtrytofindoutallthey 48 learnaboutthem.Columbuscould 49 havefoundAmericaifhehadnotbeen 50 .JamesWattwouldnothavemadethesteamengine 51_ hiscuriosityabouttherisingofthekettlelid(水壶盖).Allthe 52 inhumanhistoryhavebeenmadeasa 53 ofcuriosity, 54_theclevercuriosityisneveraboutunimportantthingswhichhave 55 ornothingtodowiththehappinessofthepublic.

　　36.A.anything B.everything C.nothing D.something

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