Question

“Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy – they’re given after all. Choice can be ____.”

I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact ____ the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew ____ fast, and the idea of building an online ____ with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and I ____ for a year. I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to ____ my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t, and I wasn’t sure ____ to expect. MacKenzie told me I ____ go for it. As a young boy, I’d been a garage inventor. I’d always wanted to be a(an) ____, and she wanted me to follow my passion.

I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very ____ people, and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books ____. He took me on a long walk in Central Park,____ carefully to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, ____ it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job.” That logic ____ to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours ____ making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a(an) difficult ____, but finally, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted （纠缠）by a decision to not ____ at all.

After much consideration, I took the less ____ path to follow my ____, and I’m proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our ____.

1.A. easy    B. hard    C. valuable    D. wrong

2.A. what    B. which    C. that    D. whether

3.A. this    B. that    C. at    D. by

4.A. bank    B. clothes store    C. book store    D. job market

5.A. got married    B. have married    C. had married    D. had been married

6.A. continue    B. offer    C. get    D. quit

7.A. how    B. who    C. what    D. when

8.A. mustn’t    B. couldn’t    C. shouldn’t    D. should

9.A. worker    B. inventor    C. manager    D. farmer

10.A. smart    B. stupid    C. lazy    D. bad

11.A. in the firm    B. on the farm    C. on the Internet    D. in the Amazon

12.A. said    B. saying    C. listened    D. listening

13.A. but    B. and    C. because    D. or

14.A. made some trouble    B. made some sense    C. made no sense    D. made no contributions

15.A. after    B. before    C. since    D. for

16.A. gift    B. company    C. way    D. choice

17.A. say    B. listen    C. try    D. ask

18.A. safe    B. hard    C. long    D. dangerous

19.A. boss    B. inventor    C. passion    D. regret

20.A. gifts    B. bosses    C. firma    D. choices

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.D

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述的是亚马逊网站创始人的故事。作者（网站Amazon 的创始人）本来有一份很好的工作，但是他看到网络发展得那么快，就产生了去创办网上书店的念头，由此进行了艰难的抉择，他选择跟随自己的内心激情走，由此告诉我们，人生是我们选择的结果。

1.考查形容词。A. easy容易的；B. hard艰难的；C. valuable有价值的； D. wrong错误的。从下文再三考虑可知，做选择是艰难的。故选B。

2.考查同位语从句。根据I came across the fact ___2___ the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year.可知，此处是that引导的同位语从句说明the fact的具体内容。

3.考查副词。此处that相当于so（如此）。意思是发展的那么快，故选B。

4.考查名词。A. bank银行；B. clothes store服装店；C. book store书店；D. job market就业市场。由下文selling books可知是开网上书店。故选C。

5.考查上下文联系。由for a year 可知，要用表状态的过去完成时态。故选D。

6.考查动词。A. continue继续；B. offer提供；C. get得到；D. quit停止。作者想辞职去办网站，所以是quit 意思是停止现在的工作。故选D。

7.考查上下文联系。动词不定时与特殊疑问词搭配使用。意思是对期待的东西没有把握。故选C。

8.考查情态动词。A. mustn’t禁止；B. couldn’t不可能；C.shouldn’t不应该；D. should应该。从下文他的妻子说希望他要跟随内心的热情可知他应该去做。故选D。

9.考查名词。A. worker工人；B. inventor 发明者；C. manager经理； D. farmer农民。作者更年轻一些的时候曾经是修理厂、加油站的创始人，有过成功的体验，所以想要总是保持这种身份。故选B。

10.考查形容词。A. smart聪明的；B. stupid 愚蠢的；C. lazy懒惰的； D. bad坏的。从后面说对他老板的崇拜和评价中可知，作者所在的公司很好，员工都很聪明智慧。故选A。

11.考查词组。 A. in the firm 在公司；B. on the farm在农场；C. on the Internet在网络上；D. in the Amazon在亚马逊。上文说过是网上业务发展快，所以是想在网上办售书网站。故选C。

12.考查上下文联系。设想当时的情景，应该是先仔细聆听，后面再说，而且是and并列的，所以是listened。

13.考查连词。 A. but 但是；B. and和；C. because因为；D. or或者。表转折，老板认为主意虽好，但是他已经有这么好的工作了，应该是对于那些没有好工作的人来说更好。故选A。

14.考查动词词组。 A. made some trouble制造麻烦；B. made some sense有道理；C. made no sense毫无意义；D. made no contributions没有做出贡献。老板的建议逻辑对我来说是有一些道理的。故选B。

15.考查状语从句。A. after 在---之后；B. before在---之前；C. since自从---以来；D. for因为（并列连词）。做最后决定之前给我48小时的考虑时间。故选B。

16.考查名词。 A. gift礼物；B. company公司；C. way方法；D. choice选择。在当时看来，确实是一个艰难的选择。故选D。

17.考查动词。 A. say说；B. listen听；C. try尝试；D. ask问。作者不会因为尝试了最终失败而后悔， 他怕自己后悔不敢去尝试。故选C。

18.考查形容词。 A. safe安全的；B. hard艰难的；C. long长的； D. dangerous危险的。从上文的纠结思考可知，重新创业在当时看来是一条对成功来说相对而言不太安全的道路。故选A。

19.考查名词。 A. boss 老板；B. inventor 发明家；C. passion热情； D. regret后悔。从上一段的最后可知，作者选择了跟随自己内心的激情。故选C。

20.考查名词。A. gifts礼物；B. bosses老板；C. firma公司；D. choices选择。回应开头，人生是选择的结果。故选D。