From his grandfather, Jack has ________ a love of reading novels and writing poems.A. curbedB. inheritedC. polishedD. awaited

本题考查对不同动词词义的理解和运用。解题思路是先明确每个选项单词的含义，再结合句子语境，判断哪个单词能使句子语义通顺合理。

• A选项“curbed”：“curb”常见释义为“控制；抑制”。例如：The government has tried to curb inflation.（政府试图抑制通货膨胀。）若将“curbed”代入原句“From his grandfather, Jack has curbed a love of reading novels and writing poems.”，句子表达“杰克从他祖父那里抑制了对读小说和写诗的热爱”，这与常理不符，因为通常不会说从祖父那里获得抑制热爱的行为，所以A选项不符合。
• B选项“inherited”：“inherit”意为“继承；遗传”。在句子“From his grandfather, Jack has inherited a love of reading novels and writing poems.”中，表达“杰克从他祖父那里继承了对读小说和写诗的热爱”，语义通顺合理，符合语境，所以B选项正确。
• C选项“polished”：“polish”有“磨光；润色；改进”等意思。比如：He polished his shoes until they shone.（他把鞋子擦得锃亮。）把“polished”代入原句“From his grandfather, Jack has polished a love of reading novels and writing poems.”，“从祖父那里润色对读小说和写诗的热爱”，这种表达不符合逻辑，所以C选项不正确。
• D选项“awaited”：“await”是“等待；等候”的意思。例如：We are awaiting the results of the experiment.（我们正在等待实验结果。）将“awaited”代入原句“From his grandfather, Jack has awaited a love of reading novels and writing poems.”，“从祖父那里等待对读小说和写诗的热爱”，语义不通，所以D选项不合适。