36. To be curious, we need to realize first of all that there are many things we don't know.

(译文) 为了保持好奇,我们首先需要认 多我们不知道的事情。

(定位) 由题干中的 to be curious和 first 定位至原文画线处。

H) Moreover, in order to be curious, "you have to be aware of a gap in your knowledge in the first place." Although Leslie perhaps paints a bit broadly in contending that most of us are unaware of how much we don't know, he's surely right to point out that the problem is growing:" Google can give us the powerful illusion that all questions have definite answers."

(详解) H)段第一句指出, 为了变得好奇,“你首先应该认识到自身知识的欠缺。”原文中的 a gap in your knowledge 指的就是 things we don't know;题干中的 first of all与原文中的 in the first place是同义词组,故答案为H)。

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37. According to Leslie, curiosity is essential to one's success.

(译文) 莱斯利认为,好奇心对一个人 的成功至关重要。

(定位) 由题干中的 to one' s success 定位至原文画线处。

D) The journalist lan Leslie, in his new and enjoyable book Curious: The Desire to Know and why Your Future Depends on It, insists that the answer to that last question is 'Yes'. Leslie argues that curiosity is a much-overlooked human virtue, crucial to our success, and that we are losing it.

(详解） D)段开始介绍了伊恩·菜斯利对好奇心的观点,他认为好奇心本身就具有特殊的价值。本段最后 一句总结了莱斯利的看法,他认为好奇心是一个被过度忽视的人类优点,对我们的成功十分重要,但是我们正 在失去好奇心。题干中的 essentia与原文中的 crucial是同义词,故答案为D)。

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38. We should feel happy when we pursue knowledge for knowledge's sake.

(译文) 当我们为了知识而追求 知识的时候应该感到高兴。

(定位) 由题干中的 pursue knowledge for knowledge's sake 定位至原文画线处。

O) All of which brings us back to Goodell and the Christie case and Benghazi. Each critic in those examples is charging, in a different way, that someone in authority is intentionally being incurious. I leave it to the reader's political preference to decide which, if any, charges should stick. But let's be careful about demanding curiosity about the other side's weaknesses and remaining determinedly incurious about our own. We should be delighted to pursue knowledge for its own sake——even when what we find out is something we didn't particularly want to know.

(详解) O)段是对全文的总结。作者在此提醒读者,不要以双重标准去判断对方和己方的优缺点,即不能指 责对方缺乏探寻真相的好奇心,而对已方好奇心的缺失视而不见。最后一句指出,我们应该乐于为了知识本 身而去追求知识————甚至是当我们所发现的是我们不太想知道的事情的时候。原文 pursue knowledge for its own sake中的 its own即指的是 knowledge's,题干中的 happy与原文中的 delighted是同义词,故答案为O)。

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39. Political leaders' lack of curiosity will result in bad consequences.

(译文) 政治领导人缺乏好奇心会导致严重 的后果。

(定位) 由题干中的 Political leaders和 consequences定位至原文画线处。

M) Although Leslie's book isn't about politics, he doesn't entirely shy away from the problem. Political leaders, like leaders of other organizations, should be curious. They should ask questions at crucial moments. There are serious consequences, he warms, in not wanting to know.

(详解) M)段定位句提到,政治领导人也应该具有好奇心,不想知道会带来严重的后果。原文中的not wanting to know指的就是不具有好奇心,即题干中的 lack of curiosity,故答案为M)。

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40. There are often accusations about politicians' and the media's lack of curiosity to find out the truth.

(译文) 经常有人指责政客和媒 体缺乏寻找真相的好奇心。

(定位) 由题干中的 accusations media 和 find out the truth定位至 原文画线处。

B) The accusation of incuriosity is one that we hear often, carrying the suggestion that there is something wrong with not wanting to search out the truth. "I have been bothered for a long time about the curious lack of curiosity," said a Democratic member of the New Jersey legislature back in July, referring to an insufficiently inquiring attitude on the part of an assistant to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who chose not to ask hard questions about the George Washington Bridge traffic scandal. "isn't the mainstream media the least bit curious about what happened?" wrote conservative writer Jennifer Rubin earlier this year, referring to the attack on Americans in Benghazi, Libya.

(详解) 文章前两段举例说明现在人们变得越来越不好奇。B)段承接上文,继续举例,一个是对新泽西州 长克里斯·克里斯蒂助理的指责,另一个是对主流媒体的指责,两个例子中都是指责他们不去探寻真相,因此 题干是对该段的概括总结,故答案为B)。

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41. The less curious a child is, the less knowledge the child may turn out to have.

(译文) 一个孩子越不好奇,结果他学 到的知识就越少。

(定位) 由题干中的 less curious和 less knowledge定位至原文画线处。

L) School education, he warns, is often conducted in a way that makes children incurious. Children of educated and upper-middle-class parents turn out to be far more curious, even at early ages, than children of working class and lower class families. That lack of curiosity produces a relative lack of knowledge, and the lack of knowledge is difficult if not impossible to compensate for later on.

(详解) L)段指出了好奇心和教育之间的相互关系。本段第一句是菜斯利对学校教育的看法,他认为学校 教育容易让孩子们失去好奇心。第二句接着指出受过教育的父母的孩子和中上阶层家庭的孩子远比工人阶 层和下层家庭的孩子更好奇。第三句仍是菜斯利的观点,他认为缺乏好奇心会导致知识的相对缺乏,而知识 的缺乏日后是很难弥补的。题干是对定位句的同义转述,故答案为L)。

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42. It is widely accepted that academic accomplishment lies in both intelligence and diligence.

(译文) 人们普遍承认,取得学业成就 需要智力和勤奋。

(定位) 由题干中的 academic和 intelligence定位至原文画线处。

K) Citing the work of psychologists and cognitive(认知的) scientists, Leslie criticizes the received wisdom that academic success is the result of a combination of intellectual talent and hard work. Curiosity, he argues, is the third key factor-and a difficult one to preserve. If not cultivated, it will not survive:" Childhood curiosity is a collaboration between child and adult. The surest way to kill it is to leave it alone."

(详解) K)段主要讨论了好奇心在学业方面的作用。第一句指出,大家普遍认为学业成功是智力天赋和勤 奋努力相结合的产物,而莱斯利批评了这一观点。原文中的 the received wisdom意为“公认的观点”,题干中 的 widely accepted是对它的同义转述;题干中的 intelligence对应原文中的 intellectual talent; diligence对应 nd work,故答案为K)。

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43. Visiting a bookshop as curiosity leads us can be a good way to entertain ourselves.

(译文) 随好奇心的指引在书店中翻阅是 一个很好的娱乐方式。

(定位) 由题干中的 bookshop、as curiosity leads us 和 entertain定位至原文 画线处。

J) Somewhat nostalgically(怀旧的), he quotes John Maynard Keynes's justly famous words of praise to the bookstore:" One should enter it vaguely, almost in a dream, and allow what is there freely to attract and influence the eye. To walk the rounds of the bookshops, dipping in as curiosity dictates, should be an afternoon's entertainment." If only!

(详解) J)段主要是引用了约翰·梅纳德·凯恩斯对书店的褒扬之词,即人们应该迷迷糊糊地走进书店,任 凭书店里的书吸引自己。而且在书店里信步漫游、随好奇心而测览书籍可以成为一个下午的消遣。题干中的 Visiting a bookshop对应原文中的 To walk the rounds of the bookshops; as curiosity leads us是对原文中as cunosity dictates的同义转述,故答案为J)。

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44. Both the rise of the Internet and reduced appetite for literary fiction contribute to people's declining curiosity.

(译文) 因特网的兴起以及人们对文学小 说阅读兴趣的下降削弱了人们的好奇心。

(定位) 由题干中的 the rise of the Internet和 literary fiction定位至原文画线 处。

G) Leslie presents considerable evidence for the proposition that the society as a whole is growing less curious. In the u.s. and Europe, for example, the rise of the Internet has led to a declining consumption of news from outside the reader's borders. But not everything is to be blamed on technology. The decline in interest in literary fiction is also one of the causes identified by Leslie. Reading literary fiction, he says, makes us more curious.

(详解) G)段总结了莱斯利眼中导致人们好奇心缺失的原因。第二句是一个例证,由于因特网的兴起,美国 和欧洲的读者对自己国家之外的新闻的关注度下降。但是,技术并非所有的罪魁祸首,第四句接着提到了另 外一个原因,即人们对文学小说的兴趣下降。题干是对本段的概括总结,题干中的 reduced appetite对应原文 中的 decline in interest,故答案为G)。

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45. Mankind wouldn't be so innovative without curiosity.

(译文) 没有好奇心,人类就不会如此 有创新精神。

(定位) 由题干中的 innovative和 without curiosity定位至原文画线处。

F) Why is this a problem? Because without curiosity we will lose the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship. We will see unimaginative governments and dying corporations make disastrous decisions. We will lose a vital part of what has made humanity as a whole so successful as a species.

(详解) F)段首句提出了一个问题,即缺乏好奇心为什么会成为一个问题。第二句提供了答案:因为没有好 奇心,我们就会失去创新精神和企业家精神。题干是对定位句的同义转述,故答案为F)。

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