Ⅱ.完形填空
“Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice.Gifts are easy—they’re given after all.Choice can be 1 .”
I got the idea to start Amazon 26 years ago.I came across the fact 2 the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year.I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew 3 fast, and the idea of building an online 4 with millions of titles was very exciting to me.At that time I had just turned 30 years old, and I 5 for a year.I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to 6 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 7 to expect.MacKenzie told me I 8 go for it.As a young boy, I’d been a garage inventor.I’d always wanted to be a(an) 9 , and she wanted me to follow my passion.
I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very 10 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 11 .He took me on a long walk in Central Park, 12 carefully to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, 13 it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job.” That logic 14 to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours 15 making a final decision.Seen in that light, it really was a difficult 16 , but finally, 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 (纠缠)by a decision to not 17 at all.
After much consideration, I took the less 18 path to follow my 19 , and I’m proud of that choice.For all of us, in the end, we are our 20 .
1.A.easy B.hard
C.valuable D.wrong
2.A.what B.which C.that D.whether
3.A.this B.that C.at D.by
4.A.bank B.clothes store C.book store D.job market
5.A.got married B.have married C.had married D.had been married
6.A.continue B.offer C.get D.quit
7.A.how B.who C.what D.when
8.A.mustn’t B.couldn’t C.shouldn’t D.should
9.A.worker B.inventor C.manager D.farmer
10.A.smart B.stupid C.lazy D.bad
11.A.in the firm B.on the farm C.on the Internet D.in the Amazon
12.A.said B.saying C.listened D.listening
13.A but B.and C.because D.or
14.A.made some trouble B.made some sense
C.made no sense D.made no contributions
15.A.after B.before C.since D.for
16.A.gift B.company C.way D.choice
17.A.say B.listen C.try D.ask
18.A.safe B.hard C.long D.dangerous
19.A.boss B.inventor C.passion D.regret
20.A.gifts B.bosses C.firms D.choices
Ⅱ.完形填空
1.B 从下文可知,作者做选择是艰难的。
2.C 此处考查同位语从句。
3.B 此处表示“发展得那么快”;that在此处作副词,意为“那么”。
4.C 由下文中的selling books可知,是开网上书店。
5.D 由“At that time I had just turned...for a year.”可知,要用表状态的过去完成时态。
6.D 作者想辞职去开网上书店,所以选quit。
7.C 此处是动词不定式与特殊疑问词搭配使用。意思是对期待的东西没有把握。
8.D 由下文他的妻子希望他要跟随内心的热情可知,他应该(should)去做。
9.B 由上文“As a young boy,I’d been a garage inventor.I’d always wanted...”可知,作者一直想当一名发明家。故选B。
10.A 由下文作者对他领导的崇拜和评价可知,作者所在的公司很好,员工都很聪明,有智慧。
11.C 由上文可知,作者是想在网上办售书网站。
12.C 设想当时的情景,应该是先仔细聆听,后面再说;再根据下文and finally said可知
选C。
13.A 此处表示转折,句意为“……但是这个想法对于那些没有好工作的人来说更好”。
14.B 领导富有逻辑性的建议对作者来说是有一些道理的,由此可知选B。
15.B 作者做最后决定之前,领导给作者48小时的考虑时间,由此可知选B。
16.D 在当时看来,这确实是一个艰难的选择,由此可知选D。
17.C 作者不会因为尝试后失败而后悔, 他怕自己后悔不敢去尝试,由此可知选C。
18.A 从上文的纠结思考可知,对成功来说,重新创业在当时看来是一条相对而言不太安全的(safe)道路。
19.C 由上文可知,作者选择了跟随自己内心的激情(passion)。
20.D 此处回应开头,人生是选择的结果。
“Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice.Gifts are easy—they’re given after all.Choice can be 1 .”
I got the idea to start Amazon 26 years ago.I came across the fact 2 the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year.I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew 3 fast, and the idea of building an online 4 with millions of titles was very exciting to me.At that time I had just turned 30 years old, and I 5 for a year.I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to 6 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 7 to expect.MacKenzie told me I 8 go for it.As a young boy, I’d been a garage inventor.I’d always wanted to be a(an) 9 , and she wanted me to follow my passion.
I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very 10 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 11 .He took me on a long walk in Central Park, 12 carefully to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, 13 it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job.” That logic 14 to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours 15 making a final decision.Seen in that light, it really was a difficult 16 , but finally, 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 (纠缠)by a decision to not 17 at all.
After much consideration, I took the less 18 path to follow my 19 , and I’m proud of that choice.For all of us, in the end, we are our 20 .
1.A.easy B.hard
C.valuable D.wrong
2.A.what B.which C.that D.whether
3.A.this B.that C.at D.by
4.A.bank B.clothes store C.book store D.job market
5.A.got married B.have married C.had married D.had been married
6.A.continue B.offer C.get D.quit
7.A.how B.who C.what D.when
8.A.mustn’t B.couldn’t C.shouldn’t D.should
9.A.worker B.inventor C.manager D.farmer
10.A.smart B.stupid C.lazy D.bad
11.A.in the firm B.on the farm C.on the Internet D.in the Amazon
12.A.said B.saying C.listened D.listening
13.A but B.and C.because D.or
14.A.made some trouble B.made some sense
C.made no sense D.made no contributions
15.A.after B.before C.since D.for
16.A.gift B.company C.way D.choice
17.A.say B.listen C.try D.ask
18.A.safe B.hard C.long D.dangerous
19.A.boss B.inventor C.passion D.regret
20.A.gifts B.bosses C.firms D.choices
Ⅱ.完形填空
1.B 从下文可知,作者做选择是艰难的。
2.C 此处考查同位语从句。
3.B 此处表示“发展得那么快”;that在此处作副词,意为“那么”。
4.C 由下文中的selling books可知,是开网上书店。
5.D 由“At that time I had just turned...for a year.”可知,要用表状态的过去完成时态。
6.D 作者想辞职去开网上书店,所以选quit。
7.C 此处是动词不定式与特殊疑问词搭配使用。意思是对期待的东西没有把握。
8.D 由下文他的妻子希望他要跟随内心的热情可知,他应该(should)去做。
9.B 由上文“As a young boy,I’d been a garage inventor.I’d always wanted...”可知,作者一直想当一名发明家。故选B。
10.A 由下文作者对他领导的崇拜和评价可知,作者所在的公司很好,员工都很聪明,有智慧。
11.C 由上文可知,作者是想在网上办售书网站。
12.C 设想当时的情景,应该是先仔细聆听,后面再说;再根据下文and finally said可知
选C。
13.A 此处表示转折,句意为“……但是这个想法对于那些没有好工作的人来说更好”。
14.B 领导富有逻辑性的建议对作者来说是有一些道理的,由此可知选B。
15.B 作者做最后决定之前,领导给作者48小时的考虑时间,由此可知选B。
16.D 在当时看来,这确实是一个艰难的选择,由此可知选D。
17.C 作者不会因为尝试后失败而后悔, 他怕自己后悔不敢去尝试,由此可知选C。
18.A 从上文的纠结思考可知,对成功来说,重新创业在当时看来是一条相对而言不太安全的(safe)道路。
19.C 由上文可知,作者选择了跟随自己内心的激情(passion)。
20.D 此处回应开头,人生是选择的结果。
