题目内容：

When a person is curious about something, it means he is interested in it and wishes to know more about it. There is nothing _______with curiosity in itself. Whether it is good or bad _______ on what people are curious about.

Curiosity is_______silly or wrong. Some persons with nothing to do are_______of curiosity about what their neighbors are doing. They are________to know what they are eating or drinking, what they are bringing home or taking out or______they have come home so early or late. To be interested in these things is______ because they are not important at all. It is none of their________ to know what neighbors do or are doing. Such curiosity is_______not only foolish but also harmful. For most probably, it _______   to small talk which often brings ________, shame or dis-respect to others and thus hurt their feelings.

On the other ______ ,there is a noble curiosity— the curiosity of the wise, who _______ at all the great things and try to find out all they _______  about them. Columbus could ________ have found America if he had not been  ________ . James Watt would not have made the steam engine ________his curiosity about the raising of the kettle lid (水壶盖).All the great discoveries and inventions in human history have been made ________a result of curiosity. ________the curiosity is never about unimportant things, which have ________or nothing to do with the happiness of the public.

1.A. good    B. wrong    C. right    D. special

2.A. works    B. puts    C. takes    D. depends

3.A. always    B. sometimes    C. seldom    D. neither

4.A. full    B. fond    C. proud    D. lack

5.A. angry    B. worried    C. pleased    D. anxious

6.A. how    B. when    C. why    D. where

7.A. silly    B. necessary    C. possible    D. funny

8.A. work    B. homework    C. duty    D. business

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

10.A. refers    B. leads    C. causes    D. results

11.A. pride    B. harm    C. nervousness    D. selfishness

12.A. face    B. side    C. way    D. hand

13.A. expect    B. like    C. wonder    D. doubt

14.A. need    B. dare    C. must    D. can

15.A. never    B. ever    C. probably    D. finally

16.A. famous    B. careful    C. curious    D. hard

17.A. for    B. without    C. in    D. from

18.A. before    B. as    C. after    D. during

19.A. So    B. And    C. But    D. Or

20.A. much    B. little    C. some    D. few