上海市宝山区2020届高三英语二模试题(含解析).pdf

上海市宝山区 2020 届高三英语二模试题（含解析） Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary Directions ：After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. Curiosity is part of humannature. Children are famous for wanting answers ____1____ tons of questions. People keep reading or watching ____2____ they want to find out what happens. But curiosity also provides many practical benefits. Learning is easiest if you have a genuine desire for knowledge. Curiosity can create that desire when you have a question. Manyof history greatest discoveries ____3____ （make）by curious people. People wondered ____4____ processes worked or howcertain tasks could be done more effectively. Thanks to their curiosity, people now know far more about the world and have useful technology ____5____ （help ）them. Even if you don ’t p lan to be an inventor of researcher, curiosity can still help you in the classroom. If you develop the joy of learning, classes will become more fun. And you ’ll excel because you will be fully engaged in the process of learning. Even if you ’re no longer a student, curiosity will make you better ____6____ （inform ）and thus a more capable worker. What do you do if you ’re not already curious? Fortunately, curiosity is a skill that can be improved. If you act like you ’re curious, you ’ll quickly start to actually feel curious. Often, the more you learn about a topic the ____7____ （interesting ）it becomes. As you learn about a topic, gather information from as many sources as possible. Read a variet