Curiosity (好奇心) is part of human nature. Children are known for wanting answers to many questions. Books and TV shows often depend on curiosity. People keep reading or watching because they want to find out what happens. But curiosity also provides many advantages.

Learning is the easiest if you have a real desire (渴望) for knowledge. Curiosity can create that desire when you want an answer to the question. Many of history's greatest discoveries were made by curious people. People wondered how things worked and how work could be done more effectively. Thanks to their curiosity, people now know far more about the world. 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, classes will become more fun. Even if you're no longer a student, curiosity will make you knowledgeable and thus a good worker.

What do you do if you're not already curious? Luckily, curiosity is a skill that can be improved (提高). 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, find information from as many ways as possible. Read books, listen to lectures and ask questions. Don't always get information in the same way. Instead, learn to appreciate the facts that different people know and ask a lot of questions. 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 sharing their knowledge.

1.The children like to ask questions because ______.

A.they are born with natural curiosity

B.they don't know about the human nature

C.they are known for reading and watching

D.they don't want to find the answers by themselves

2.According to the passage, curiosity can ______.

A.make your job difficult

B.make the class interesting

C.create more stories in history

D.develop a new kind of classroom

3.The underlined word “appreciate” probably means “______”.

A.accept B.refuse C.hide D.change

4.Which can be helpful to improve your curiosity?

A.Showing others your knowledge.

B.Asking different people questions.

C.Getting the information in the same way.

D.Not acting like you're curious if you're not.

5.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A.Share knowledge in the classroom.

B.Curiosity is a skill that can be improved.

C.Curiosity can make the other person happy.

D.Be curious and try to improve your curiosity.

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One of the most powerful tools you can use to improve your reading comprehension is mind mapping. It is possible to create maps by simply using a pen and paper.

The first step is to draw a circle or box at the center of the page. Inside your shape write down the main idea that your mind map will focus upon. For example, if you were creating a mind map about the geography of the United States, then you would write down “the geography of the United States” in the middle of your page inside your circle.

Next you draw branches from your central idea. Much like a tree grows branches. Simply draw a line moving away from the central theme. In the case of the geography of the United States, you would probably draw 50 lines. Each line represents one of 50 states. These are the main categories(分类) with your primary concept(概念).

Each of lines can then have branches off of each. These would represent the main example under each category. For example, under the line titled, “Texas,” you would find lines called Austin, Houston, and Dallas, you might draw a series of lines to represent some of its main sections like “South Dallas” and “Highland Park”. You continue to draw your mind map much like the structure of branches on a tree.

Mind map helps improve your comprehension because they enable you to quickly see relationships between main ideas, categories, examples, and details that might otherwise be missed if you use more traditional note taking strategies(策略).

The most 1. tool to improve reading comprehension

  2. of the tool

Mind map

3. of making mind maps

★ Draw a circle or box in the middle of the page.

★ Write the theme 4. the circle that you want to focus on.

★ Draw branches from the central idea, for 5., if you write down “the geography of America” in the central circle or the box, the branches can be 50 lines which 6. states of the USA.

7. to draw lines from each of the 50 lines with the details under each state.

8. of making mind map

9. your comprehension.

★Enable you more quickly to find the 10. between main idea and other details.

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