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

I got the  41  to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across 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   42   bookstore with millions of titles was very   43   to me. I had just turned 30, and I’d been married for a year. I told my wife that I wanted to   44   my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t   45   , and I wasn’t sure what to expect

She told me I should   46   the idea. I’d always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my dream.

I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a   47   boss that I admired very much. I went to my boss and   48   with him that I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened   49   to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea,  50  it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job.” That logic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours   51  making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a difficult   52  , but finally, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d regret  53   and failing. And I suspected I would always be   54   by the decision not to try at all. After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my dream, and I’m   55   of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choices.

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

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

43. A. foolish              B. exciting           C. flexible                   D. productive

44. A. take                 B. land                C. exchange              D. quit

45. A. matter              B. work               C. fail                        D. share

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

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

48. A. shared             B. argued            C. reasoned                     D. questioned

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

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

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

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

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

54. A. chased             B. troubled           C. spotted                  D. shocked

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

【回答】

41－45 AABDB   46－50 CBACD    51－55 BCDBD 

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