Question

“Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy—they're given after all. Choices can be hard.”

   I got the     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 so fast. And the idea of building an    bookstore with millions of titles was very   to me. I had just turned 30, and I’d been married for a year. I told my wife that I wanted to    my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t   ,and I wasn’t sure what to   .She told me I should 38the idea. I’d always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my  .

   I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a   boss that I admired very much. I went to my boss and     with him that I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park and listened    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 made some    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 difficult    , but finally, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d regret    and failing. And I suspected I would always be troubled by the decision not to try at all. After much    , I took the less .path to follow my dream, and I’m   of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choices．

1.A. idea            B. support         C. fund         D. message

2.A. got through    B. set aside      C. came across   D. turned down

3.A. online           B. available      C. intelligent    D. expensive

4.A. practical       B. exciting       C. flexible       D. productive

5.A. take             B. 1and           C. exchange       D. quit

6.A. matter        B. work           C. fail           D. exist

7.A. do               B. achieve        C. plan           D. expect

8.A. give up       B. set up          C. stick to       D. put off

9.A. passion         B. pace            C. hobby          D. example

10.A. cruel           B. brilliant       C. greedy         D. modest

11.A. shared         B. argued         C. reasoned       D. enquired

12.A. gradually    B. eventually    C. carefully      D. generously

13.A. so              B. and             C. otherwise      D. but

14.A. sense           B. difference     C. bet            D. bargain

15.A. while           B. before         C. once           D. since

16.A. puzzle         B. suggestion    C. choice         D. report

17.A. managing        B. requesting    C. changing       D. trying

18.A. consideration  B. determination C. conversation   D. Application

19.A. stable          B. secure         C. amusing      D. interesting

20.A. confident       B. regretful      C. hopeful       D. proud

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.B

20.D

【解析】

1.A考查上下文串联。A. idea想法；B. support支持；C. fund资金；D. message信息。根据43空句She told me I should the idea，可知我在16年前就有了这样的想法。故选A。

2.C动词短语辨析。A. got through完成；B. set aside放在一边；C. came across遇见；D. turned down拒绝。我知道了这个事实，因特网的使用以每年百分之2300的速度在增加，所以我意识到这对于网络售书是一个机遇。本句中的come across表示发现。故选C。

3.A考查形容词。A online 在线；B available存在的，可利用的；C intelligent勤奋的；D expensive昂贵的。我从来没有见过或者听过增加如此迅速的事情，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A。

4.B考查形容词。A practical实用的；B exciting 令人兴奋的；C flexible灵活的；D productive多产的；我从来没有见过或者听过增加如此迅速的事情，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。

5.D考查动词。A take拿走；B1and 登陆，着陆；C exchange交换；D quit放弃；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D。

6.B考查动词。A matter有关系，重要；B work 起作用；C fail失败；D exist存在；我想放弃我的工作来做这件可能不起作用的疯狂的事情。故选B。

7.D考查动词。A do做；B achieve实现，获得；C plan计划；Dexpec期待；我不敢确信我能够期待得到什么样的结果。故选D。

8.C考查短语辨析。A give up放弃；B set up建立，成立；C stick to坚持；D put off推迟；我的妻子告诉我应该坚持这个想法，我总是想成为一个发明家，她希望我坚持自己的梦想。故选C。

9.A考查上下文串联。A. passion激情；B. pace速度；C. hobby爱好；D. example例子。根据54空I took the less path to follow my dream可知：我的妻子告诉我应该坚持这个想法，我总是想成为一个发明家，她希望我坚持自己的梦想。故选A。

10.B考查形容词。A cruel残忍的；B brilliant很棒的；C greedy贪婪的；D modest谦虚的；我在纽约的一件金融机构工作，我的老板是一位我很钦佩的很棒的老板。根据后面的定语从句that I admired very much可知这是一个我很钦佩的人，那么B项“很棒的”符合上下文。故选B。

11.A考查动词。A shared 分享；B argued争论；C reasoned理论，辩论；Denquired询问；固定搭配share sth with sb与某人分享某事；我去找了老板和他分享了我想做的事情。故选A。

12.C考查副词。A gradually逐渐地；B eventually最后，终于；C carefully仔细地，细心地；D generously一般说来；老板和我在中央公园走了很久，很仔细地听了我的计划和想法。故选C。

13.D考查连词。A so 于是；B and和；C otherwise否则，要不然；D but但是；他说：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。也就是说老板认为我已经是一个有很好的工作的人，没有必要再去冒险做这样一个可能会失败的事情。可知老板反对我做这样的事情。故选D。

14.A考查固定固定搭配。A. sense感觉；B. difference不同；C. bet打赌；D. bargain折扣。Make sense有意义，讲得通；老板的逻辑对我来说是讲得通的。本句表示作者明白了老板的意思和态度。故选A。

15.B考查连词。A while当…时；B before在…前；C once一旦；D since自从；老板说服我在做出最终决定之前再考虑48小时。本句表示老板让我三思而后行，让我仔细考虑自己的行为。故选B。

16.C考查名词。A puzzle困惑；B suggestion 建议；C choice选择；D report报告；对我来说这是一个很困难的选择，但是最后我还是决定试一试。故选C。

17.D考查动词。A managing设法做到；B requesting请求，要求；C changing改变；D trying努力，尝试。我决定去做这件事情，我想努力并尝试了以后我是不会后悔遗憾的。如果我不去努力和尝试也许我会很遗憾。故选D。

18.A考查名词。A consideration考虑；B determination决定；C conversation对话；D application申请，应用；考虑很久以后我决定走这条不是很安全的追随自己梦想的小路。故选A。

19.B考查形容词。A stable稳固的；B secure安全的；C amusing令人快乐的；D interesting有趣的；因为这件事情没有人做过，没有人知道是不是会成功，所以使用secure表示对于这一道路的前途的不确定性。故选B。

20.D考查形容词。A confident 有信心的；B regretful 遗憾的；C hopeful有希望的；D proud自豪的；对于我的选择我很自豪，对于我们所有人来说这是我们自己的选择。故选D。

考点：考查人物类短文阅读。