Question

We all know the importance of curiosity, and here are some tips on how to develop it.

Keep an open mind. This is essential if you are to have a curious mind. Be open to learning, unlearning, and relearning things. 1. Therefore, you should be prepared to accept this possibility and change your mind.

2. Most people just accept the world as it is. This way, they will certainly lose the “holy curiosity”. Try to dig deeper beneath the surface of what is around you. A sure way to dig deeper beneath the surface is asking questions. What, why, when, who, where, and how are the questions curious people always ask.

Don’t label anything as boring. Whenever you label something as boring, you close one more door of possibilities. Curious people are unlikely to consider things boring. 3. Even if they don’t yet have time to explore them, they will leave the door open to be visited another time.

Take learning as something fun. If you see learning as a burden, there’s no way you will want to dig deeper into anything. That will just make the burden heavier. However, if you think of learning as something fun, you will naturally want to dig deeper. 4.

Read diverse materials. It will introduce you to the possibilities and excitement of other worlds which may attract your interest in exploring further. One easy way to do this is through reading diverse materials. 5. It’ll feed your mind with the excitement of a new world.

A. Never take things as granted.

B. Don’t spend too much time on just one world.

C. Try to pick a book or magazine on a new subject.

D. Some things you know and believe might be wrong.

E. It doesn’t matter that you don’t agree to others’ opinions.

F. Instead, they always see these things as a door to an exciting new world.

G. So look at life through the glasses of fun and enjoy the learning process.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.F

4.G

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述如何提高好奇心的五種建議。

1.D 根據(jù)下文提到Therefore, you should be prepared to accept this possibility and change your mind因此你要準(zhǔn)備接受這種可能性，改變你的想法，故選D你所知道的和了解的可能是錯誤的。

2.A 根據(jù)下方提到Most people just accept the world as it is. This way, they will certainly lose the “holy curiosity”許多人接受這個世界現(xiàn)在的樣子，這樣，他們會失去好奇心，故選A 不要把這此事情想當(dāng)然。

3.F 根據(jù)上文提到Curious people are unlikely to consider things boring.好奇的不可能把事情認為是無聊的故選F 相反，他們把這些事情看作是有趣的新的世界的一把鑰匙。

4.G 根據(jù)上文提到However, if you think of learning as something fun, you will naturally want to dig deeper然而如何你把學(xué)習(xí)看成是樂趣，你自然就想去挖掘它，故選G 因此通過快樂的視野來看待生活，享受學(xué)習(xí)的樂趣。

5.C 根據(jù)上文提到One easy way to do this is through reading diverse materials.一個簡單的方法就是通過閱讀各種各樣的內(nèi)容，故選C，試著把一本書看成一個新的項目，與下方It’ll feed your mind with the excitement of a new world.它會吸引你 聯(lián)接起來，故選C項。

考點：教育類閱讀。