【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 on is curious(好奇的) about something, it means he is interested in it and wishes to know more about it. There is nothing 1 with curiosity in itself. Whether it is good or bad 2 on what people are curious about. Curiosity (好奇心) is 3 silly or wrong. Some people with nothing to do are 4 of curiosity about what their neighbors are doing. They are 5 to know what they are eating or drinking, what they are bringing home or taking out or 6 they have e home so early or late. To be interested in these things is 7 because they are not important at all. It is none of their 8 to know what neighbors do or are doing. Such curiosity is 9 not only foolish but also harmful. For most probably, it 10 to small talk which often brings 11 , shame or disrespect to others, and thus hurt their feelings. On the other 12 , there is a noble curiosity— the curiosity of the wise, who 13 at all the great things and try to find out all they 14 about them. Columbus could 15 have found America if he had not been 16 . James Watt would not have made the steam engine 17 his curiosity about the raising of the kettle lid (水壺蓋). All the great discoveries and inventions in human history have been made 18 a result of curiosity. So the curiosity is never 19 unimportant things, which have 20 or nothing to do with the happiness of the public.1. A. goodB. wrongC. rightD. well2. A. worksB. putsC. takesD. depends3. A. neverB. sometimesC. seldomD. hardly4. A. fullB. fondC. proudD. lack5. A. angryB. worriedC. pleasedD. anxious6. A. howB. whenC. whyD. where7. A. sillyB. necessaryC. possibleD. funny8. A. workB. homeworkC. dutyD. business9. A. nothingB. anythingC. somethingD. everything10. A. refersB. leadsC. causesD. results11. A. prideB. harmC. goodD. benefit12. A. faceB. sideC. wayD. hand13. A. expectB. likeC. wonderD. hate14. A. needB. dareC. mustD. can15. A. neverB. everC. probablyD. finally16. A. famousB. carefulC. curiousD. hard17. A. forB. withoutC. inD. from18. A. beforeB. asC. afterD. during19. A. aboutB. byC. atD. to20. A. muchB. littleC. someD. few【答案】 （1）B；（2）D；（3）B；（4）A；（5）D；（6）C；（7）A；（8）D；（9）C；（10）B；（11）B；（12）D；（13）C；（14）D；（15）A；（16）C；（17）B；（18）B；（19）A；（20）B； 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，談?wù)撽P(guān)于“好奇心”。好奇心本身并沒有錯(cuò)。當(dāng)一個(gè)人對(duì)某件事感到好奇時(shí)，意思是他對(duì)這件事很感興趣，想知道更多。 （1）考查形容詞。A. good“好的”；B. wrong“錯(cuò)誤的”；C. right“正確的”；D. well“健康的”。好奇心本身并沒有錯(cuò)。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知故選B。 （2）考查動(dòng)詞。A. works“工作”；B. puts“放”；C. takes“拿走”；D. depends“依靠”。好奇本身并無對(duì)錯(cuò)可言，其好壞由人們所好奇的事情來決定。depend on固定短語，“依賴，依靠，取決于……”。下文就好事和壞事兩方面作了闡述。故選D。 （3）考查副詞。A. never“從來沒有”；B. sometimes“有時(shí)候”；C. seldom“很少，難得”；D. hardly“幾乎”。好奇心有時(shí)是愚蠢的或錯(cuò)誤的。故選B。 （4）考查形容詞。A. full“滿的”；B. fond“喜愛的”；C. proud“自豪的”；D. lack“缺乏”。有的人對(duì)鄰居的生活瑣事充滿了好奇。be full of固定短語，“充滿……”，故選A。 （5）考查形容詞。A. angry“生氣的”；B. worried“擔(dān)憂的”；C. pleased“感到高興的”；D. anxious“焦慮的”。be anxious to do “急切地想做某事”。故選D。 （6）考查賓語從句。由句中的“so early or late”來看，是要探究回家這樣早或晚的原因，用其他的連詞句意不通。故選C。 （7）考查形容詞。A. silly“愚蠢的”；B. necessary“必要的”；C. possible“可能的”；D. funny“有趣的”。這種好奇明顯很愚蠢、愚昧。故選A。 （8）考查名詞。A. work“工作”；B. homework“家庭作業(yè)”；C. duty“責(zé)任”；D. business“商業(yè)”。none of one39。s business固定短語“不關(guān)某人的事”。故選D。 （9）考查代詞。句意：這種好奇心不僅愚蠢，而且有害。A. nothing“無事”；B. anything“任何事情”；C. something“某事”；D. everything“每件事”。故選C。 （10）考查動(dòng)詞。句意：最有可能，它會(huì)導(dǎo)致閑聊，常常給別人帶來傷害、恥辱或不尊重因此傷害了他們的感情。A. refers“更喜歡”；B. leads“引領(lǐng)，領(lǐng)導(dǎo)”；C. causes“引起”；D. results“結(jié)果”。lead to固定短語，“引發(fā)，導(dǎo)致”，故選B。 （11）考查名詞。A. pride“自豪”；B. harm“傷害”；C. good“好處”；D. benefit“利益”。這種流言最終會(huì)對(duì)人的感情、情緒造成傷害。故選B。 （12）考查名詞。 A. face“臉”； B. side“方面”；C. way“方法”；D. hand“手”。On the other hand，固定短語，“另一方面”，故選D。 （13）考查動(dòng)詞。句意：有一種高尚的好奇心——智者的好奇心，他們對(duì)偉大的事物感到驚奇，想辦法找出他們所有的秘密A. expect“期盼”；B. like“喜歡”；C. wonder“想知道”；D. hate”厭惡”。wonder at固定短語，“對(duì)……感到好奇”，故選C。 （14）考查情態(tài)動(dòng)詞。A. need“需要”；B. dare“敢”；C. must“必須”；D. can“能，會(huì)”。盡他們所能去了解他們。此句中they can后省略了find out。故選D。 （15）考查副詞。A. never“從來沒有”；B. ever“曾經(jīng)”；C. probably“很可能”；D. finally“最后”。若沒有好奇心，哥倫布永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)美洲大陸(該句為虛擬語氣}。故選A。 （16）考查形容詞。A. famous“著名的”；B. careful“細(xì)心的”；C. curious“好奇的”；D. hard“艱苦的”。若沒有好奇心，哥倫布永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)美洲大陸(該句為虛擬語氣)。故選C。 （17）考查介詞。同樣，瓦特若沒有好奇心就不會(huì)發(fā)明蒸汽機(jī)。故選B。 （18）考查介詞。人類歷史上的所有發(fā)明或發(fā)現(xiàn)都是好奇的結(jié)果。as a result of固定短語，“作為……的結(jié)果”，故選B。 （19）考查介詞。因此，好奇心從來不是關(guān)于無關(guān)瑣碎的事情，這些事情與公眾的幸福幾乎沒有關(guān)系。故選A。 （20）考查名詞。A. much“許多，大量”；B. little“少許”； C. some“一些”；D. few“少數(shù)”。因此，好奇心從來不是關(guān)于瑣碎的事情，這些事情與公眾的幸福幾乎沒有關(guān)系。故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及動(dòng)詞，名詞，形容詞，副詞，代詞，介詞，情態(tài)動(dòng)詞，固定短語等多個(gè)知識(shí)點(diǎn)的考查，是一篇生活類閱讀，要求考生在理解細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析推理，從而選出正確答案。4．閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng). On a trip to California, my family stopped for lunch. As we walked toward the entrance to the restaurant, a man, with a 1 beard and dirty hair, jumped up from a bench outside the restaurant and opened the door for us. Regardless of his 2 , he greeted us in a friendly way. Once inside, my daughters whispered, Mom, he 3 . After we ordered our lunch, I explained, telling the kids to look 4 the dirt. We then watched other customers approach the restaurant but many 5 him. Seeing this rudeness truly upset me. The day I became a mother, I had determined to set a good 6 to my children. Yet sometimes when things didn39。t go right, being a good example was 7 . When our meal arrived, I realized I had left the car173。sick pills in the truck. With the windiest trip ahead, the kids needed them, so I 8 myself from the meal and went to get them. Just then, the doorman was opening the door for a couple. They rushed past him without even acknowledging his 9 . Letting them in first, I said aloud thank you to him as I 10 .