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

Curiosity is not always silly or wrong. Some persons with ________to do are full of curiosity about what their neighbors are doing. They are anxious to know what they are eating or drinking, whether they are __________ home or taking outside, or why they have come home so early or late. To be interested in these things is _______________ because they are not at all something. It is none of their _________________ to know what their neighbors do or are doing. Such curiosity is something not only foolish but also _______________. For most probably, it leads to a small talk which often brings shame or disrespect to others, and thus _______________ their feelings.

On the other hand, there is a noble curiosity – the curiosity of wise men, who ___________ at all the great things and try to find out all they _____________ about them. Columbus could never have found America if he had not been________________. All the discoveries in human history have been made as a result of curiosity. But the curiosity is never about unimportant things which have little or nothing to do with the happiness of the public.

1.A.keeps B.decides C.carries D.depends

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

3.A.taking B.bringing C.going D.thinking

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

5.A.work B.responsibility C.duty D.business

6.A.instructive B.useful C.harmful D.frightening

7.A.hurts B.affects C.shows D.expresses

8.A.expect B.like C.wonder D.doubt

9.A.would B.should C.must D.can

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

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