C.really;too much D.truly;a bit

　　解析："can't...too＋形容词/副词"意为"越......越好，无论......也不过分"。

　　答案：C

　　II.完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分,共30分）

　　When a person is curious about something,it means he is interested in it and wishes to know more about it.There is 36 wrong with curiosity in itself.Whether it is good or bad 37 on what people are curious about.

　　Curiosity is always silly or wrong.Some persons with nothing to do are 38 of curiosity about what their neighbours are doing.They are 39 to know what they are eating or drinking,what they are 40 home or taking outside,or 41 they have come home so early or late.To be interested in these things is 42 because they are not at all 43 .It is none of their 44 to know what their neighbours do or are doing.Such curiosity is 45 not only foolish but also 46 .For most probably,it 47 to a small talk which often brings harm,shame or disrespect to others,and thus 48 their feelings.

　　On the other hand,there is a 49 curiosity-the curiosity of wise men,who 50 at all the great things and try to find out all they 51 about them.Columbus could 52 have found America if he had not been 53 .James Watt would not have made the steam engine 54 his curiosity about the raising of the kettle lid.All the discoveries in human history have been made 55 a result of curiosity.But the curiosity is never about unimportant things which have little or nothing to do with the happiness of the public.

　　36.A.much B.nothing C.something D.none

　　解析：根据常识可以确定。

　　答案：B

　　37.A.keeps B.puts C.takes D.depends

　　解析："depend on"属固定词组。好奇本身并无对错可言，其好坏由人们好奇的事情来决定。下文就好事和坏事两方面作了阐述。

　　答案：D

　　38.A.full B.fond C.proud D.out

　　解析：有的人对邻居的生活琐事充满了好奇。

　　答案：A

　　39.A.permitted B.worried C.satisfied D.anxious

　　解析："be anxious to do sth."为固定结构，表示急切地想知道。

　　答案：D

　　40.A.taking B.bringing C.going D.thinking

　　解析：与taking outside相反，表示带回家来。

　　答案：B

　　41.A.if B.when C.why D.whether

　　解析：从句中的"so early or late"来看,是要探究回家这样早或晚的原因,用其他的连词句意不通。

　　答案：C

　　42.A.silly B.necessary C.possible D.funny

　　解析：这种好奇明显很愚蠢、愚昧。

　　答案：A

43.A.wrong B.bad C.something D.everything