完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）Whenapersoniscuriousaboutsomething,itmeansheisinterestedinitandwishestoknowsomethingaboutit.Thereis 16 wrongwithcuriosityinitself.Whetheritisgoodorbad 17 onwhatpeoplearecuriousabout.Curiosity 18 canbefoolishorwrong.Somepeoplewithnothingtodoare 19 ofcuriosityaboutwhattheirneighborsaredoing.Theyhaveastrongwishtoknowwhattheyare 20 homeortakingoutside,orwhytheyhavecomehomeso 21 orlate.Tobeinterestedinthesethingsissillybecauseitisnoneoftheir22 toknowwhattheirneighborsdooraredoing.Suchcuriosityisnotonlyfoolishbutalso23 .Formostprobably,itmayleadtoasmalltalk 24 oftenbringsharm,lossofhonorordisrespecttoothers,andthus 25 theirfeelings.Ontheotherhand,thereisa 26 curiosity-thecuriosityofwisemen,who 27 atallthegreatthingsandtrytofindoutallthey 28 learnaboutthem.Columbuscould 29 havefoundAmericaifhehadnotbeen 30.JamesWaltwouldnothavemadethesteamengine 31 hiscuriosityabouttherisingofthekettlelid.Allthe 32 inhumanhistoryhavebeenmadeasa 33 ofcuriosity,34 theclevercuriosityisneveraboutunimportantthingswhichhave 35 ornothingtodowiththehappinessofthepublic.
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