题目内容：

    When a person is curious(好奇的) 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 (好奇心) is __________ silly or wrong. Some people 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. So the curiosity is never __________ unimportant things, which have ________ or nothing to do with the happiness of the public.

1.A. good B. wrong C. right D. well

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

3.A. never B. sometimes C. seldom D. hardly

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. good D. benefit

12.A. face B. side C. way D. hand

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

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. about B. by C. at D. to

20.A. much B. little C. some D. few