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.

【小题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

【小题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

【小题3】The underlined word “appreciate” probably means “______”.

A．accept

B．refuse

C．hide

D．change

【小题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.

【小题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.