by plane as soon as possible.

(2)The manager's lecture was very ______ (tire),even if he mentioned a new product of his company,no one was very curious.

(3)Although we are ______ (tire) out after a long journey,yet we go on to finish the extra work on time.

答案：(1)tired　(2)tiring　(3)tired

　　3.Curiosity drove Wang Pengwei inside.

好奇心驱使着王鹏伟走了进去。

要点提示：

curiosity 好奇心、求知欲，后面常跟介词about作后置定语。

典型例句：

Children have a natural curiosity about the world around them.

儿童对周围的世界有天然的好奇心。

Just out of curiosity,how old are you?

出于好奇，请问你有多大？

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satisfy one's curiosity满足好奇心

idle curiosity多余的好奇心

burning with curiosity非常好奇

out of curiosity出于好奇

选择填空

- _____do you think of the film?

-Oh,very excellent.We never thought everyone in my village had a curiosity _____ this kind of book.

A.What;about

B.What;in

C.How;about

D.How;of

解析：后句是对前句的应答，说电影非常好，看见前句应是问对电影的评价，要用What do you think of来问。be curious about 意思是"对......好奇"，使用名词形式curiosity不改变介词about的使用，选 A项。

答案：A

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The secret of success is hard work and proper ways.

　　4.Wang Pengwei was amazed at this and especially at the prices.

王鹏伟对此感到很吃惊，特别是对他们的价格。

要点提示：

amazed adj.(人)惊讶的;感到惊讶的，多修饰人。

典型例句：

My mother looked amazed at my news.

母亲听到我的消息后，感到惊讶。

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