When a person is curious about something, it means he is interested in it and wishes to know more about it. There is _36_ wrong with curiosity in itself. Whether it is good or bad _37_ on what people are curious about.
Curiosity is _38_ silly or wrong. Some persons with nothing to do are full of curiosity about what their neighbors are doing. They are _39_ to know what they are eating or drinking, what they are bringing home or taking or _40_ they have come home so early or so late. To be interested in these things is _41_ because they are not all important. It is none of their _42_ to know what neighbors do or are doing. Such curiosity is _43_ not only foolish but also harmful. For most probably, it leads to small talk which often brings _44_, shame or disrespect to others, and thus hurt their feelings.
On the other hand, there is a noble curiosity, the curiosity of the wise, who _45_ at all the great things and try to find out all they _46_ about them. Columbus could _47_ have found America if he had not been curious, James Watt would not have made the steam engine _48_ his curiosity about the raising of the kettle lid. All the great discoveries and inventions in human history have been made as a result of curiosity. _49_ the curiosity is never about unimportant things, which have _50_ or nothing to do with the happiness.
36．A．something B．nothing C．much D．none
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38．A．always B．sometimes C．seldom D．never
39．A．permitted B．worried C．pleased D．anxious
40．A．if B．when C．why D．whether
41．A．silly B．necessary C．possible D．funny
42．A．work B．homework C．duty D．business
43．A．how B．all C．something D．everything
44．A．pride B．harm C．nervousness D．selfishness
45．A．expect B．like C．wonder D．doubt
46．A．know B．study C．must D．can
47．A．never B．certainly C．probably D．finally
48．A．for B．without C．in D．from
49．A．So B．And C．But D．Or
50．A．much B．little C．some D．few