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】

试题分析：本文讲述如何提高好奇心的五种建议。

1.D 根据下文提到Therefore, you should be prepared to accept this possibility and change your mind因此你要准备接受这种可能性，改变你的想法，故选D你所知道的和了解的可能是错误的。

2.A 根据下方提到Most people just accept the world as it is. This way, they will certainly lose the “holy curiosity”许多人接受这个世界现在的样子，这样，他们会失去好奇心，故选A 不要把这此事情想当然。

3.F 根据上文提到Curious people are unlikely to consider things boring.好奇的不可能把事情认为是无聊的故选F 相反，他们把这些事情看作是有趣的新的世界的一把钥匙。

4.G 根据上文提到However, if you think of learning as something fun, you will naturally want to dig deeper然而如何你把学习看成是乐趣，你自然就想去挖掘它，故选G 因此通过快乐的视野来看待生活，享受学习的乐趣。

5.C 根据上文提到One easy way to do this is through reading diverse materials.一个简单的方法就是通过阅读各种各样的内容，故选C，试着把一本书看成一个新的项目，与下方It’ll feed your mind with the excitement of a new world.它会吸引你 联接起来，故选C项。

考点：教育类阅读。