Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Have you ever heard of an old saying? Intelligence is a born gift while goodness is a choice of people. Gifts are easy—they’re______after all. But choices can be hard.

I got the idea to start Amazon many years ago. I______the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the______of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very ______ to me. I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to______my job and do    this______thing that probably wouldn’t work______most start-ups don’t and I wasn’t sure what to______MacKenzie told me I should______ it.

I was working at a financial firm in New York City and I had a brilliant boss. I went to my______and told him I wanted to start a company selling______on the Internet.He______me for a long walk in Central Park,listened______to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn't______have a good job. ” That logic made some______to me, and he______me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision.

It really was a difficult choice,______finally, I decided I had to give it a _______After much consideration, I took the less______path to follow my passion, and I’m______of that choice. For all of us,in the end, we are our choices.

1.A. appreciated    B. chosen    C. given    D. bought

2.A. came across    B. made up    C. turned into    D. dreamed of

3.A. decision    B. plan    C. project    D. idea

4.A. frightening    B. exciting    C. disappointing    D. practical

5.A. change    B. improve    C. quit    D. increase

6.A. Crazy    B. grateful    C. intelligent    D. flexible

7.A. while    B. since    C. although    D. therefore

8.A. find    B. say    C. offer    D. expect

9.A. look through    B. knock on    C. go for    D. believe in

10.A. friend    B. boss    C. colleague    D. office

11.A. keys    B. hobbies    C. books    D. ideas

12.A. asked    B. advised    C. took    D. begged

13.A. cautiously    B. impatiently    C. generously    D. carefully

14.A. instead    B. still    C. otherwise    D. already

15.A. effect    B. sense    C. progress    D. power

16.A. forced    B. refused    C. reminded    D. convinced

17.A. so    B. then    C. but    D. next

18.A. try    B. hope    C. thought    D. sense

19.A. painful    B. safe    C. profitable    D. attractive

20.A. sad    B. aware    C. shamed    D. proud

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.C

12.C

13.D

14.D

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.D

【解析】

本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了互联网的使用量大大增加启发了作者建立一个网上书店的想法，尽管妻子十分支持却提出了异议，在深思熟虑后作者选择跟随自己的心意去做，即使失败了也不后悔。

1.考查动词，A. appreciated 欣赏；B. chosen选择；C. given 给；D. bought买。根据Gifts are easy—they’re___1___after all. But choices can be hard.可知，礼物很容易——毕竟它们是被给予的。但选择可能很难。故选C。

2.考查动词词组。A. came across 偶遇；B. made up编造；C. turned into变成；D. dreamed of梦想。根据I___2___the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year.可知，我发现，互联网的使用每年增长2300%。故选A。

3.考查名词。A. decision决定；B. plan计划；C. project 工程；D. idea主意。根据I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the___3___of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very ___4___ to me.可知，我从未见过或听说过任何快速增长的东西，而建立一个拥有数百万个头衔的在线书店的想法对我来说是非常令人兴奋的。故选D。

4.考查形容词。A. frightening令人害怕的；B. exciting兴奋的；C. disappointing令人失望的；D. practical切合实际的。根据I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the___3___of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very ___4___ to me.可知，我从未见过或听说过任何快速增长的东西，而建立一个拥有数百万个头衔的在线书店的想法对我来说是非常令人兴奋的。故选B。

5.考查动词。A. change 改变；B. improve提高；C. quit停止；D. increase增长。根据I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to___5___my job and do this___6___thing that probably wouldn’t work___7___most start-ups don’t and I wasn’t sure what to___8___MacKenzie told me I should___9___ it.可知，我告诉我的妻子MacKenzie，我想辞掉我的工作，做一件很疯狂的事情，因为大多数初创公司都不这么做，我不确定我是否应该去做这件事。故选C。

6.考查形容词。A. Crazy疯狂的；B. grateful 感激的；C. intelligent勤奋的； D. flexible灵活的。根据I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to___5___my job and do this___6___thing that probably wouldn’t work___7___most start-ups don’t and I wasn’t sure what to___8___MacKenzie told me I should___9___ it.可知，我告诉我的妻子MacKenzie，我想辞掉我的工作，做一件很疯狂的事情，因为大多数初创公司都不这么做，我不确定我是否应该去做这件事。故选A。

7.考查连词。 A. while当---时候；B. since既然；C. although尽管；D. therefore因此。根据I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to___5___my job and do this___6___thing that probably wouldn’t work___7___most start-ups don’t and I wasn’t sure what to___8___MacKenzie told me I should___9___ it.可知，我告诉我的妻子MacKenzie，我想辞掉我的工作，做一件很疯狂的事情，因为大多数初创公司都不这么做，我不确定我是否应该去做这件事。故选B。

8.考查动词。 A. find发现；B. say说；C. offer提供；D. expect期望。根据I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to___5___my job and do this___6___thing that probably wouldn’t work___7___most start-ups don’t and I wasn’t sure what to___8___MacKenzie told me I should___9___ it.可知，我告诉我的妻子MacKenzie，我想辞掉我的工作，做一件很疯狂的事情，因为大多数初创公司都不这么做，我不确定我是否应该去做这件事。故选D。

9.考查动词词组。A. look through浏览；B. knock on敲击；C. go for努力获取；D. believe in信任。根据I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to___5___my job and do this___6___thing that probably wouldn’t work___7___most start-ups don’t and I wasn’t sure what to___8___MacKenzie told me I should___9___ it.可知，我告诉我的妻子MacKenzie，我想辞掉我的工作，做一件很疯狂的事情，因为大多数初创公司都不这么做，我不确定我是否应该去做这件事。故选C。

10.考查名词。A. friend朋友；B. boss老板；C. colleague同事；D. office办公室。根据I went to my___10___and told him I wanted to start a company selling___11___on the Internet.可知，我去找我的老板，告诉他我想创办一家公司，在网上卖书。故选B。

11.考查名词。A. keys关键；B. hobbies 业余爱好；C. books书；D. ideas主意。根据I went to my___10___and told him I wanted to start a company selling___11___on the Internet.可知，故选C。

12.考查动词。A. asked问；B. advised建议；C. took 拿走；D. begged祈求。根据He___12___me for a long walk in Central Park,listened___13___to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn't___14___have a good job. ”可知，他带我在中央公园走了很长一段路，仔细地听着我说话，最后说：“这听起来是个好主意，但对于那些还没有找到好工作的人来说，这是一个更好的主意。”故选C。

13.考查副词。 A. cautiously谨慎地；B. impatiently不耐烦地；C. generously慷慨地；D. carefully细心地。根据He___12___me for a long walk in Central Park,listened___13___to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn't___14___have a good job. ”可知，他带我在中央公园走了很长一段路，仔细地听着我说话，最后说：“这听起来是个好主意，但对于那些还没有找到好工作的人来说，这是一个更好的主意。”故选D。

14.考查副词。A. instead相反；B. still仍然；C. otherwise否则；D. already已经。根据He___12___me for a long walk in Central Park,listened___13___to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn't___14___have a good job. ”可知，他带我在中央公园走了很长一段路，仔细地听着我说话，最后说：“这听起来是个好主意，但对于那些还没有找到好工作的人来说，这是一个更好的主意。”故选D。

15.考查名词。A. effect影响；B. sense感知；C. progress进步；D. power力量。根据That logic made some___15___to me, and he___16___me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision.可知，这种逻辑对我来说很有意义，他说服我在做最后决定前48小时考虑一下。故选B。

16.考查动词。A. forced 强迫；B. refused拒绝；C. reminded提醒；D. convinced使确信。根据That logic made some___15___to me, and he___16___me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision.可知，这种逻辑对我来说很有意义，他说服我在做最后决定前48小时考虑一下。故选D。

17.考查连词。A. so 所以；B. then然后；C. but 但是；D. next下次。根据It really was a difficult choice,___17___finally, I decided I had to give it a ___18___可知，这真的是一个艰难的选择，但最后，我决定我必须试一试。故选C。

18.考查名词。A. try尝试；B. hope希望；C. thought思想；D. sense感知。根据It really was a difficult choice,___17___finally, I decided I had to give it a ___18___可知，这真的是一个艰难的选择，但最后，我决定我必须试一试。故选A。

19.考查形容词。A. painful痛苦的；B. safe 安全的；C. profitable 有益的； D. attractive有吸引力的。根据After much consideration, I took the less___19___path to follow my passion, and I’m___20___of that choice.可知，经过再三考虑，我选择了不那么安全的道路来追随我的激情，我为自己的选择感到骄傲。故选B。

20.考查形容词。A. sad 伤心的；B. aware意识到的；C. shamed羞愧的； D. proud自豪的。根据After much consideration, I took the less___19___path to follow my passion, and I’m___20___of that choice.可知，经过再三考虑，我选择了不那么安全的道路来追随我的激情，我为自己的选择感到骄傲。故选D。