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When a person is curious about something, it means he is 【B1】 in it and wishes to know something about it. We can say he has cur
When a person is curious about something, it means he is 【B1】 in it and wishes to know something about it. We can say he has cur
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2009-05-15
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问题
When a person is curious about something, it means he is 【B1】 in it and wishes to know something about it. We can say he has curiosity about that thing. There is nothing wrong with curiosity in itself. Whether it is good or bad 【B2】 on what people are curious about.
Curiosity 【B3】 can be silly or wrong. Some people with nothing to do are 【B4】 of curiosity about what their neighbors are doing. They are anxious to know what they are eating or drinking, what they are 【B5】 home or taking outside, or why they have come home so early or late. To be interested in these things is silly because they are not important. It is none of their 【B6】 to know what their neighbors do or are doing. Such curiosity is not only foolish but also 【B7】 . For most probably, it may 【B8】 to small talk which often brings harm, shame or disrespect to 【B9】 , and thus 【B10】 their feelings.
On the other hand, there is a 【B11】 curiosity the curiosity of wise men, who 【B12】 at all the great things and try to find out all they 【B13】 about them. Columbus could 【B14】 have found America if he had not been 【B15】 . James Watt would not have made the steam engine 【B16】 his curiosity about the rising of the kettle lid. All the discoveries in human history have been made 【B17】 a result of curiosity, 【B18】 the curiosity is never about unimportant things which have 【B19】 --or nothing 【B20】 the happiness of the public.
选项
A、engaged
B、pleased
C、interested
D、excited
答案
C
解析
be interested in 意为“对…感兴趣”,是固定搭配。故本题答案为C。
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