湖南省部分市2023-2024学年高一上学期期末英语分类汇编：七选五

湖南省部分市2023-2024学年高一上学期期末英语试题分类汇编 七选五 湖南省岳阳市2023-2024学年高一上学期期末英语试题（含解析） 第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Curiosity is part of human nature. Children are famous for wanting answers to tons of questions. Books and TV shows often rely on curiosity. People keep reading or watching because they want to find out what happens. ____16____ Many of history’s greatest discoveries were made by curious people. People wondered how processes worked or how certain tasks could be done more effectively. Thanks to their curiosity, people now know far more about the world and have useful technology to help them. Even if you don’t plan to be an inventor or researcher, curiosity can still help you in the classroom. If you develop the joy of learning, class will be more fun. ____17____ Even if you’re no longer a student, curiosity will make you better informed and thus a more capable worker. What do you do if you’re not already curious? ____18____ If you act like you’re curious, you’ll quickly start to actually feel curious. Often, the more you learn about a topic the more interesting it becomes. As you learn about a topic, gather information from as many sources as possible. Read a variety of books, watch or listen to lectures and ask questions. ____19____ Instead, learn to appreciate facts that different people know and the different opinions that they express. Don’t assume you already know what you need to know. Instead, search for alternate possibilities and points of view. ____20____ Remember, everyone knows something that you don’t. Find out what that is, and ask about it. This lets you learn something and makes the other person happy by letting them show off their knowledge. In the classroom or out of it, developing curiosity is sure to be worthwhile. A. Ask a lot of questions. B. But curiosity also provides many practical benefits. C. Accept a variety of resources to feed your curiosity. D. Fortunately, curiosity is a skill that can be improved