【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 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。當一個人對某件事感到好奇時，意思是他對這件事很感興趣，想知道更多。 （1）考查形容詞。A. good“好的”；B. wrong“錯誤的”；C. right“正確的”；D. well“健康的”。好奇心本身并沒有錯。根據(jù)常識可知故選B。 （2）考查動詞。A. works“工作”；B. puts“放”；C. takes“拿走”；D. depends“依靠”。好奇本身并無對錯可言，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“有時候”；C. seldom“很少，難得”；D. hardly“幾乎”。好奇心有時是愚蠢的或錯誤的。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）考查動詞。句意：最有可能，它會導(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”。這種流言最終會對人的感情、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）考查動詞。句意：有一種高尚的好奇心——智者的好奇心，他們對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……感到好奇”，故選C。 （14）考查情態(tài)動詞。A. need“需要”；B. dare“敢”；C. must“必須”；D. can“能，會”。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，哥倫布永遠不會發(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“細心的”；C. curious“好奇的”；D. hard“艱苦的”。若沒有好奇心，哥倫布永遠不會發(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發(fā)明蒸汽機。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。 【點評】本題考點涉及動詞，名詞，形容詞，副詞，代詞，介詞，情態(tài)動詞，固定短語等多個知識點的考查，是一篇生活類閱讀，要求考生在理解細節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進行分析推理，從而選出正確答案。4．閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從4160各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。 Chris39。s parents were proud of him when he graduated from college. But it39。s been six months and he hasn39。t got a(n) 1 yet. In fact, he hasn39。t looked for it 2 . He has no idea what he wants to do and he39。s always thinking of his old grad school (研究生院). He39。s 3 at home with his parents and their relationships are getting tense, especially with his father, who 4 Chris for being lazy and afraid to 5 the real world. Chris thinks his dad is being totally 6 . After all, he39。s only young once and he needs some space. During a recent 7 , Chris said, I39。m not you, Dad. I have my own way of doing things. I want a job I 8 . His dad replied, That39。s a nice 9 , but in the end they call it 39。work39。 because it39。s about making a productive living－not having fun. There are many youngsters like Chris who are having trouble getting 10 with a serious job and being selfreliant (自力更生的). Some, like Peter Pan, just don39。t want to grow up. Some are afraid of 11 a wrong decision or of being rejected. Others are 12 of what psychologists call magical thinking. They believe that when the time is right, everything will fall into place, so they 13 a good chance to e knocking or until they feel encouraged to take their next step. Unfortunately, it doesn39。t 14 that way. What39。s important is to begin. Things happen and opportunities 15 most often when we39。re moving, not standing 16 . The ability to keep developing or being more 17 is very important. Basic physics says it39。s easier to 18 the course of a moving obje