Question

        Gifts and choices

Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are _______---they’re given after all. Choice can be hard.

I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I _________ the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2300 percent per year. I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online ________ with millions of titles was very exciting to me.

I had just ________ 30 years old , and I’d been married 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 ________most start-ups don’t , and I wasn’t sure what to expect, MacKenzie told me I should _________it. As a young boy, I’d been a garage inventor, I’d always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion.

I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people, and I had a brilliant boss that I much ___________. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened 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 __________me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision.

Seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice, but ___________, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d _________ trying and failing. And I suspected I would __________ be haunted（困扰） by a decision to not try at all. After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my _________, and I’m proud of that choice.

Tomorrow, in a very real sense, your life---the life you start from scratch on your own---begins

How will you use your gifts? What choices will you make? Will inertia(惰性) be your guide, or will you follow your passions? Will you follow dogma（教条）, or will you be _________? When it’s tough, will you ________ or will you be relentless（不屈不挠的）?

In the end ,we are our _________. Build yourself a great story. I will hazard（大胆地说） a _________. When you are 80 years old, and in a quiet moment of _________narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact（充实的）and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made.

1.A. hard    B. easy    C. simple    D. safe

2.A. ran away    B. received    C. denied    D. came across

3.A. shop    B. bookstore    C. library    D. gamecentre

4.A. came    B. had been    C. become    D. turned

5.A. quit    B. give in    C. accept    D. seek

6.A. after    B. while    C. since    D. although

7.A. go on    B. go by    C. go for    D. go down

8.A. hated    B. envied    C. look up    D. admired

9.A. but    B. however    C. and    D. because

10.A. made no difference    B. made some sense    C. make contributions    D. made tricks

11.A. questioned    B. stopped    C. convinced    D. delayed

12.A. finally    B. reasonably    C. obviously    D. Indirectly

13.A. quit    B. glad    C. regret    D. afraid

14.A. occasionally    B. clearly    C. never    D. always

15.A. gift    B. future    C. passion    D. routine

16.A. conventional(传统的)    B. original    C. controversial（矛盾的）    D. confidential（机密的）

17.A. hold up    B. give up    C. hold back    D. give away

18.A. choices    B. imagination    C. passion    D. devotion

19.A. story    B. theme    C. coincidence    D. prediction

20.A. observation    B. insistence    C. reflection    D. fantasy

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.C

16.B

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.C

【解析】

文章讲述的是亚马逊网站创始人的故事。才智是与生俱来的，而善良是后天可以选择的。天赋易得，选择难做。在贝佐斯16岁的时候，他惊叹于互联网的迅速发展，于是萌发了建立网上书店的想法。在得到妻子的支持以后，他辞去了待遇很好的工作，虽然老板曾试图留住他，但贝佐斯最终决定把自己的想法付诸实践。

1.考查形容词词义辨析。A. hard难的；B. easy容易的；C. simple简单的；D. safe安全的。根据后句they’re given after all.可知，天赋得来是很容易的。故选B。

2.考查动词及短语词义辨析。A. ran away跑开；B. received收到；C. denied否认；D. came across无意中发现。我无意中发现了这个事实，因特网的使用以每年百分之2300的速度在增加。故选D。

3.考查名词词义辨析。A. shop商店；B. bookstore书店；C. library图书馆；D. gamecentre游戏中心。建立一个网络在线的书店对我来说是一件非常令人兴奋的事情。故选B。

4.考查动词词义辨析。A. came来；B. had been已经；C. become来；D. turned变得。 turn +数字一般表示一个特定的时间或者年龄。我刚满30岁。故选D。

5.考查动词词义辨析。A. quit离开；B. give in屈服；C. accept接受；D. seek寻找。我告诉我的妻子我想放弃我的工作来做这件疯狂的事情。故选A。

6.考查连词词义辨析。A. after在……之后；B. while然而；C. since因为；D. although尽管。因为大多数初创企业都没有（成功）。故选C。

7.考查动词短语词义辨析。A. go on继续；B. go by经过；C. go for努力获取；D. go down下降。MacKenzie告诉我应该坚持这个想法，故选C。

8.考查动词词义辨析。A. hated恨；B. envied嫉妒；C. look up查询；D. admired羡慕。我有一个出色的老板，我非常崇拜。故选D。

9.考查连词词义辨析。A. but但是；B. however然而；C. and和；D. because因为。这听起来是一个很好的主意，但是对于一个没有工作的人来说是似乎是一个更好的事情。故选A。

10.考查动词短语词义辨析。A. made no difference无差别；B. made some sense有点道理；C. make contributions做贡献；D. made tricks做恶作剧。那个逻辑对我来说是有点道理。故选B。

11.考查动词词义辨析。A. questioned询问；B. stopped停止；C. convinced信服；D. delayed耽搁。老板说服我考虑48小时后再做最终决定。故选C。

12.考查副词词义辨析。A. finally最终；B. reasonably合理地；C. obviously显然；D. Indirectly间接地。但是最终我还是决定试一试。故选A。

13.考查动词词义辨析。A. quit离开；B. glad高兴；C. regret后悔；D. afraid害怕。我想努力并尝试了以后我是不会后悔遗憾的。故选C。

14.考查副词词义辨析。A. occasionally偶尔；B. clearly清晰；C. never从不；D. always总是。但是有所决定但完全不去付诸行动则可能会一直煎熬着我。故选D。

15.考查名词词义辨析。A. gift礼物；B. future将来；C. passion激情；D. routine常规。我选择了那条不安全的道路，去追随我内心的热情。故选C。

16.考查形容词词义辨析。A. conventional传统的；B. original起初的；有独创性的；C. controversial矛盾的；D. confidential机密的。你们会墨守陈规，还是勇于创新?故选B。

17.考查动词短语词义辨析。A. hold up举起；B. give up放弃；C. hold back阻碍；D. give away赠送。你们会在严峻的现实之下选择放弃，还是会义无反顾地前行?故选B。

18.考查名词词义辨析。A. choices选择；B. imagination想象；C. passion激情；D. devotion奉献。最后，是选择塑造了我们的人生。故选A。

19.考查名词词义辨析。A. story故事；B. theme主题；C. coincidence巧合；D. prediction预测。我将大胆的做一个预测。故选D。

20.考查名词词义辨析。A. observation观察；B. insistence坚持；C. reflection反射；D. fantasy幻想。在你们80岁时某个追忆往昔的时刻，只有你一个人静静对内心诉说着你的人生故事。故选C。