Questions 41 to 50 are based on the following passage.
【真题来源：2017年12月大学英语四级真题（第二套）Part Ⅲ，Section B，第36-45题】
Why aren't you curious about what happened?
A)"You suspended ray rice after our video," a reporter from tmz challenged national football League commissioner roger goodell the other day. "Why didn't you have the curosity to go to the casino ( 5 ) yourself?" The implication of the question is that a more curious.
B) The accusation of incuriosity is one that we hear often carying the suggestion that there is something wrong with not wanting to search out the truth. " 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 the george washington bridge traffic scandal " the mainstream media the least curious about what happened? "wrote conservative writer jennifer rubin earlier this year terring to the attack on americans in benghazi, Libya.
C) The implication, in each case is that curiosity is a good thing, and a lack of curiosity is a problem are such accusations simply efforts to score political points for one's party? or is here something of particular value about curiosity in and of itself.
D) The journalist lan leslie. In his new and enjoyable book curious: the desire to know and why your fatter 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.
E) We are suffering, he writes, from a "serendipity deficit." The word "serendipity" was coined by Horace Walpole in an 1854 letter, from a tale of three princes who "were always making discoveries, by accident, of things they were not in search of." Leslie worries that the rise of the Internet, among other social and technological changes, has reduced our appetite for aimless adventures. No longer have we the inclination to let ourselves wander through fields of knowledge, ready to be surprised. Instead, we seek only the information we want.
F) Why is this a problem because without curiosity we will lose the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship. We will see unimaginative govemments and dying corporations make disas-trous decisions. We will lose a vital part of what has made humanity as a whole so successful as a species.
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 techeology. The decline in interest in literary fiction is also one of the causes identified by Leslie. Reading literary fiction,he says ,make us more curious.
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."
I）Indeed, Google, for which leslie expresses admiration, is also his frequent whipping body(替罪羊). He quotes Google co-founder larry page to the effect that the perfect search engine will understand exactly what i mean and give me back exactly what I want "elsewhere in the book, leslie writes:"google aims to save you from the thirst of curiosity altogether.
J) Somewhat nostalgically(怀旧地). 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 curiosity dictates, should be an afternoons entertainment. "If only!
K) Citing the work of psychologists and cognitive( 认知的)scientists, leslie criticizes the re-ceived 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 The surest way to kill it is to leave it alone.
L) School education, he wams, is often conducted in a way that makes children incurious chil-dren 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 arelative lack of knowledge, and the lack of knowledge is difficult if not impossible to compen. Sate for later on.
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 warns, in not wanting to know.
N) He presents as an example the failure of the george w bush administration to prepare prop-erly for the after-effects of the invasion of iraq. According to leslie, those who ridiculed former.Defense secretary donald rumsfeld for his 2002 remark that we have to be wary of the un-known unknownswere mistaken. Rumsfeld's idea leslie writes, " absurd- it was smart. "He adds, "the tragedy is that he didn't follow his own advice."
O) All of which brings us back to goodell and the christie case and benghazi. Each critic in those curious. I leave it to the reader's political preference to decide which, if any charges should 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.
To be curious, we need to realize first of all that there are many things we dont know.
注意抓住题干中的关键信息to be curious和realize first of all that there are many things we don't know。文中论及要想充满好奇心，我们首先要意识到，有许多事情我们都不知道的内容出现在H段，该段第一句引用莱斯利的话提到，为了激发好奇心，“你必须首先意识到你的知识存在缺口。”由此可知，题干是对原文的同义转述，故答案为H。其中To be curious对应原文中的in order to be curious，而we need to realize first of all that there are many things we don't know对应原文中的you have to be aware of a gapin your knowledge in the first place。
We should feel happy when we pursue knowledge for knowledge's sake.
注意抓住题干中的关键信息We should feel happy和pursue knowledge for knowledge's sake。文中段落论及当我们为了知识而追求知识时，我们应该感到快乐的内容出现在O段，该段最后一句提到，我们应该为追求知识本身而感到高兴——即使我们发现的东西并不是我们特别想知道的东西。由此可见，题干是对原文的同义转述，故答案为O。其中We should feel happy对应原文中的We should be delighted，而when we pursue knowledge for knowledge's sake对应原文中的to pursue knowledge for its own sake。
Political leaders' lack of curiosity will result in bad consequences.
注意抓住题干中的关键信息Political leaders' lack of curiosity和result in bad consequences。文中段落论及政治领导人缺乏好奇心将导致不良后果的内容出现在M段，该段后半部分提到，政治领袖，就像其他组织的领导人一样，应该充满好奇心。他们应该在关键时刻提出问题。他警告说，不想去了解会产生很严重的后果。由此可见，题干是对原文的同义转述，故答案为M。其中Political leaders属于原词重现，lack of curiosity对应原文中的not wanting to know，而result in bad consequences对应原文中的There are serious consequences。
There are often accusations about politicians' and the media's lack of curiosity to find out the truth.
注意抓住题干中的关键信息accusations about politicians' and the media's lack of curiosity。文中段落论及人们经常会谴责政客和媒体缺乏去发现真相的好奇心的内容出现在B段。该段第一句提到，我们经常听到人们对于缺乏好奇心的谴责，接下来举了两个例子进行说明，一个例子是新泽西州议会的一名民主党成员早在7月的时候指出他的一位助理对新泽西州州长克里斯·克里斯蒂所持有的一种缺乏探究的态度，这位助理选择不对有关乔治华盛顿大桥交通问题的丑闻提一些刁钻的问题。另一个例子是今年早些时候，保守派作家詹妮弗·鲁宾这样写道：“难道主流媒体对发生的事情一点都不感兴趣吗?”，她指的是针对利比亚班加西的美国人的攻击事件。由此可见，题干是对原文的概括总结，故答案为B。其中accusations about…lack of curiosity对应原文中的The accusation of incuriosity，而politicians' and the media's对应原文中的Democratic member和mainstream media。
The less curious a child is, the less knowledge the child may turn out to have.
注意抓住题干中的关键信息The less curious a child is和the less knowledge。文中段落论及一个孩子越缺乏好奇心，他拥有的知识可能就越少的内容出现在L段，该段第二句和第三句提到，受过教育的上层中产阶级父母的孩子最终都比工薪阶层和较低社会阶层家庭的孩子更加充满好奇心，即使是在很小的年纪。缺乏好奇心会导致知识的相对匮乏，而知识的匮乏，即便并非不可能，也很难在后期得到弥补。换言之，一个孩子越缺乏好奇心，他拥有的知识可能就越少。由此可见，题干是对原文的同义转述，故答案为L，其中The less curious…， the less knowledge…对应原文中的That lack of curiosity produces a relative lack of knowledge。
It is widely accepted that academic accomplishment lies in both intelligence and diligence.
注意抓住题干中的关键信息widely accepted和academic accomplishment lies in both intelligence and diligence。文中段落谈及学术成就既取决于智力又取决于勤奋的内容出现在K段，该段第一句提到，通过引用心理学家和认知科学家的作品，莱斯利批评了这一被广泛接受的看法：学术成就是智力天赋和刻苦努力的结晶。也就是说，人们普遍认为，学术成就既取决于智力，又取决于勤奋。由此可见，题干是对原文的同义转述，故答案为K。其中widely accepted对应原文中的the received wisdom，而academic accomplishment lies in both intelligence and diligence对应原文中的that academic success is the result of a combination of intellectual talent and hard work。
Visiting a bookshop as curiosity leads us can be a good way to entertain ourselves.
注意抓住题干中的关键信息Visiting a bookshop和a good way to entertain ourselves。文中段落论及好奇心引导我们去逛书店会是我们自娱自乐的一种很好的方式的内容出现在J段，该段引用了约翰·梅纳德·凯恩斯对书店的公正赞美的名言:“一个人应该恍恍惚惚地走进书店——仿佛置身梦境——让自己不受约束地受到书的吸引，目光自然而然地聚焦于彼。徜徉于各色书店，任凭好奇心所驱浸润其间，理应是一种午后的休闲”，由此可知，题目是对原文的同义转述，故本题应选J。其中can be a good way to entertain ourselves对应原文中should be an afternoon's entertainment。
Both the rise of the internet and reduced appetite for literary fiction contribute to peoples declining curiosity.
注意抓住题干中的关键信息the rise of the Internet and reduced appetite for literary fiction和people's declining curiosity。文中段落论及互联网的兴起和对文学小说兴趣的减弱都导致人们好奇心日益减少的内容出现在G段，该段提到，莱斯利给出了相当多的证据，证明整个社会正在变得越来越没有好奇心。例如，在美国和欧洲，互联网的兴起已经导致了读者对自身认知体系之外的新闻消费的下滑。但并非一切都要归咎于科技。人们对文学小说兴趣的减弱也是菜斯利发现的原因之一。由此可见，题干是对原文的概括总结，故答案为G。其中the rise of the Internet和literary fiction均属于原词重现。
Mankind wouldn't be so innovative without curosity.
注意抓住题干中的关键信息Mankind，innovative和curiosity。文中段落论及没有好奇心人类不会具有很强的创新精神的内容出现在F段，该段第二句提到，没有好奇心，我们将失去创新精神和创业精神。由此可见，题干是对原文的同义转述，故答案为F。其中without curiosity属于原词重现，而Mankind wouldn't be so innovative对应原文中的we will lose the spirit of innovation。
According to leslie, curiosity is essential to one's success.
注意抓住题干中的关键信息Leslie和curiosity is essential to one's success。文中论及好奇心是一个人成功的关键的内容出现在D段，该段最后一句提到，莱斯利认为，好奇心是一种被严重忽视的人类美德，它对我们的成功至关重要，而我们正在失去它。由此可知，题干是对原文的同义转述，其中According to Leslie对应原文中的Leslie argues，而essential to one's success对应原文中的crucial to our success，故答案为D。