Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
Children are natural-born scientists. They have __36__ minds, and they arent afraid to admitthey dont know something. Most of them, __37__. lose this as they got older. They becomeself-conscious and dont want to appear stupid. Instead of finding things out for themselvesthey make __38__ that often turn to be wrong.
So its not a case of getting kids interested in science. You just have to avoid killing the__39__ for learning that they were born with. Its no coincidence that kids start desertingscience once it becomes formalised. Children naturally have a blurred approach to __40__knowledge. They see learning about science or biology or cooking as all part of the same act—its all learning. Its only because of the practicalities of education that you have to startbreaking down the curriculum into specialist subjects. You need to have specialist teacherswho __41__ what they know. Thus once they enter school, children begin to define subjectsand erect boundaries that neednt other-wise exist.
Dividing subjects into science, maths, English, etc. is something we do for __42__. In the endits all learning, but many children today __43__ themselves from a scientific education. Theythink science is for scientists, not for them.
Of course we need to specialise __44__. Each of us has only so much time on Earth, so wecant study everything. At 5 years old, our field of knowledge and __45__ is broad, coveringanything from learning to walk to learning to count. Gradually it narrows down so that by thetime we are 45, it might be one tiny little comer within science.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2 上作答。
A)accidentally
B)acquiring
C)assumptions
D)convenience
E)eventually
F)exclude
G)exertion
H)exploration
I)formu1as
J)ignite
K)impart
L)inquiring
M)passion
N)provoking
O)unfortunately
【参考答案】
36-45：LOCMB KDFEH
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