Look back through history at all the famous and distinguished persons. Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, etc., all had one thing in common: they were all extremely curious about the world around them. This natural quality of theirs was what improved them from average personalities to true geniuses.
Curiosity will have you asking questions always. You will go hunting for the answers and won’t rest until you find them. The end result is that, you will learn a lot, and keep on adding to your knowledge throughout your life. No wonder then that, naturally curious people are often the most knowledgeable ones around.
Driven by curiosity, when you head out to seek answers, it will be like going on an adventure. Depending on what you seek, you might have to look in new places and learn new things. You are likely to face encumbrances and roadblocks on the way, but you will keep overcoming them, continuing onwards till you reach your final goal of complete understanding. This journey from ignorance to knowledge and all the things that happen in between will bring you new experiences.
Curiosity will naturally make you learn, understand and experience more. As such, it will make you better exposed to a whole new world of possibilities.
For instance, you might be an engineer by qualification, but if you are curious, you might want to find out how articles on the Internet are written. It might even happen that, while exploring the process of writing, you may find out that you actually enjoy doing it, and that people like reading your work. Thus your curiosity would have ended up opening a whole new field of work for you.
32. The author mentions Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton because both of them _________.
A. are intelligent B. are very curious persons
C. are great scientists D. have different personalities
33. What message does the second paragraph mainly convey?
A. Curious people are always the most knowledgeable.
B. We should hunt for answers instead of waiting for them.
C. Curiosity is good for learning.
D. Naturally asking questions makes you curious constantly.
34. The underlined word “encumbrances” can be replaced by “______”
A. difficulties. B. methods. C. aims D. opportunities.
35. The best title for the text could be ___________.
A. Curiosity Not for Everyone
B. You Will Explore newer Possibilities
C. Your Future Is Controlled by Curiosity
D. Reasons Why Curiosity Can Make You Smarter