12．"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 idea to start Amazon 16years ago．I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2，300percent per year．I'd never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast，and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me．I had just turned 30years old，and I'd been married for a year．I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit 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 what to expect．MacKenzie told me I should go for 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 admired．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，but 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 48hours before making a final decision．Seen in that light，it really was a difficult choice，but ultimately （最后），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 by a decision to not try at all．
After much consideration，I took the less safe path to follow my passion，and I'm proud of that choice．For all of us，in the end，we are our choices．

25．What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore？C
A．His dream of being an inventor．
B．The support of his wife．
C．The greatly increasing usage of the Internet．
D．Millions of exciting titles．
26．Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence？C
A．The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him．
B．He would be very excited if he tried it out．
C．He would be always having a doubt if he didn't try．
D．The decision to not try the online bookstore would terrify him．
27．We can know from the passage thatC．
A．the boss thought the idea was suitable for the author
B．the author wanted someone else to try the idea
C．the author might not regret if he failed the idea
D．the author might go back to his boss if he failed
28．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage？D
A．Cleverness and Kindness      B．The Starting of Amazon
C．Following My Passion         D．We Are What We Choose．

分析 文章講述作者對(duì)自己開(kāi)網(wǎng)上書(shū)店這個(gè)選擇的介紹．

解答 25-28CCCD
25   C   細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文中的 I came across 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 idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me．可知，是網(wǎng)絡(luò)的廣泛使用讓作者有了建立網(wǎng)上書(shū)店的想法．故選C．
26   C   句意猜測(cè)題．根據(jù)上文的 I decided I had to give it a shot．I didn't think I'd regret trying and failing．（我覺(jué)得要試一試．我認(rèn)為我不會(huì)后悔嘗試和失�。┛芍颂幘湟鉃椋喝绻贿M(jìn)行嘗試，會(huì)一直懷疑自己．故選C．
27    C  推理判斷題．根據(jù)上文的 I decided I had to give it a shot．I didn't think I'd regret trying and failing．（我覺(jué)得要試一試．我認(rèn)為我不會(huì)后悔嘗試和失敗．）故選C．
28    D    標(biāo)題歸納題．根據(jù)作者對(duì)自己開(kāi)網(wǎng)上書(shū)店這個(gè)選擇的介紹以及文章最后一句中的 we are our choices故選D．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 學(xué)生需要認(rèn)真閱讀原文，把握文章大意，對(duì)文章脈絡(luò)有整體的了解，能仔細(xì)查找文中細(xì)節(jié)，并能根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容進(jìn)行合理的推測(cè)判斷．

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