【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ings, some people may lead an unhappy life. ___16__ It39。s a desire to know how and why and a bination of intelligence and hunger for new things. Here are some tips on how to improve curiosity. You should municate with others. There is a todo list in Leonardo da Vinci39。s notebook. Out of the fifteen tasks on the list, at least eight involve consulting with others. Montaigne once wrote how traveling to different countries allows us to polish our brains. ___17__ Why not visit a library? It allows us to meet other unexpected information. You can enter it without purpose.__18___ And just follow your curiosity to explore unexpected knowledge. The more you explore, the greater your curiosity will be. ___19__ With ideas stored in mind, you can mix and remix ideas and themes, making new findings and spotting unusual patterns, until a creative breakthrough is achieved, which strengthens your curiosity. Anyone stopping learning facts for himself because he can search online later is making himself stupid. Don39。t just focus on puzzles but on mysteries. Puzzles have clear answers. Once the missing information is found, it39。s not a puzzle anymore, with curiosity fading away. ___20__ Because the answers often depend on a plex set of factors, both known and unknown. The most beautiful thing we can experience is mysteries. In the process of finding the answers, they are the source of curiosity.A. Start to search for books you want or need.B. Unlike puzzles, mysteries don39。t need answers.C. Mysteries have questions that can39。t be answered clearly.D. And that39。s how Leonardo polished his brain to remain curious.E. Allow books or things on the bookshelves freely to attract your eyes.F. Always thinking of ideas rather than searching online plays an important part.G. But we can achieve happiness and more meaning in life if we increase our curiosity.第二部分 語言知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）第一節(jié)（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。 One Saturday evening, there was a knock at the door of my clinic. My friend Jacqui was standing there holding a towel 21 around something. I saw him hit at the crossing, she said, very 22 . It39。s an echidna(針鼴)。 he may lose a leg. Nursing birds is my usual 23 .I know a lot about local varieties that live around the park I manage. People often 24 injured or sick birds for me to nurse back to 25 , and I do well, but I39。d never 26 an echidna. Some insecure, I carefully undid the towel and, to my 27 , saw all four legs were plete. I attached a small oxygen mask(面罩) to his nose. The next morning, I 28 the mask. His condition was much improved and he seemed 29 , keeping his eye on me. We had a large empty cage, and inside it was a bath with much leaf litter. The bath was a very 30 place for the echidna, for he could dig and bury himself in — the animal39。s routine, and I 31 him there. When I checked on him the next day, only the leaf litter piled up was32 .There was no echidna. I finally found him attempting a(n) 33 under our front gate. He was 34ready to go home, so Jacqui and I drove to where she 35 him, and watched as he happily walked off.21. A. hung B. tied C. folded D. wrapped22. A. mad B. troubled C. eager D. disappointed23. A. speciality B. favorite C. motivation D. expectation24. A. drop off B. send on C. pick out D. leave aside25. A. life B. home C. health D. nature26. A. touched B. handled C. fed D. liked27. A. credit B. confusion C. relief D. content28. A. improved B. removed C. checked D. replaced29. A. energetic B. hungry C. adorable D. watchful30. A. satisfactory B. convenient C. interesting D. familiar31. A. cured B. bathed C. locked D. settled32. A. in shape B. in place C. in sight D. in order33. A. shelter B. escape C. rest D. attack34. A. obviously B. eventually C. immediately D. unwillingly35. A. acpanied B. remembered C. spotted D. caught第二節(jié) （共10小題；，滿分15分）閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。 Pan Shixue, a silversmith (銀匠) in Maliao village in Guizhou Province, used to dream of people living___36__ abundant life in his village, where nobody has to work far away from home and customers go there for beautiful silver jewellery. Now his dream has e true. Maliao village is famous for its silver jewellery. In fact, Miao ethnic silversmith technique___37__ (list) as China39。s nationallevel intangible cultural heritage in 2006. But with cheaper, machinemade trinkets (小首飾)___38__ (rule) the market, they couldn39。t rely on the old technique to survive. At that time, most