When I walked into McCarley’s Bookstore in Ashland, Ore, I began to scan titles
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When I walked into McCarley’s Bookstore in Ashland, Ore, I began to scan titles on the shelves. The man behind the counter, Mac McCarley, asked if I’d like . I said yes because I needed to for college.
I worked after school and during summers, and the job helped pay for my freshman year of college. I would work many other jobs: I made coffee in the Students’ Union college and even made maps for the US Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most
One day a woman asked me for on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her everything we had in and found other books we could . She left the store , and I’ve always remembered the I felt in having helped her.
Years later, as a in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant （移民）child who was born with his thumb attached, weblike, to the rest of his hands. His family couldn’t a corrective operation, and the boy lived in , hiding his hand in his pocket. I
my boss to let me do the . After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, to perform the operation for free.
I visited the boy in the recovery room after the operation. The first thing he did was hold up his hand and said , “Thank you.” I felt a sense of reward.
At McCarley’s Bookstore I always sensed I was working for the , not the store. Today it’s . NBC News pays my salary, but I feel as if I work for the , through my “Today” show, helping them make of the world.
| 小题1: | | A．a book | B．the place | C．a job | D．the boss |
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| 小题2: | | A．gain experience | B．start saving | C．get a degree | D．get grades |
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| 小题3: | | A．during | B．after | C．before | D．behind |
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| 小题4: | | A．boring | B．tiring | C．satisfying | D．important |
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| 小题5: | | A．advice | B．medicine | C．help | D．books |
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| 小题6: | | A．stock | B．mind | C．shelves | D．counter |
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| 小题7: | | A．borrow | B．publish | C．introduce | D．order |
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| 小题8: | | A．much happier | B．less anxious | C．less disappointed | D．more confident |
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| 小题9: | | A．pride | B．interest | C．anxiety | D．difficulty |
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| 小题10: | | A．doctor | B．bookseller | C．TV reporter | D．writer |
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| 小题11: | | A．afford | B．do | C．support | D．pay |
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| 小题12: | | A．danger | B．trouble | C．shame | D．need |
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| 小题13: | | A．suggested | B．required | C．expected | D．persuaded |
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小题14: A. story B operation C. thing D. favor
| 小题15: | | A．promising | B．offering | C．providing | D．refusing |
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| 小题16: | | A．broken | B．damaged | C．repaired | D．injured |
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| 小题17: | | A．boss | B．customers | C．future | D．college |
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| 小题18: | | A．different | B．true | C．the same | D．new |
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| 小题19: | | A．children | B．viewers | C．patients | D．strangers |
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| 小题20: | | A．use | B．fun | C．change | D．sense |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:A
小题7:D
小题8:B
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:A
小题12:C
小题13:D
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:C
小题17:B
小题18:C
小题19:B
小题20:D |
解析
试题分析：本文主要讲了作者对于自己工作的诠释和感悟。作者在书店，总是感觉自己是为顾客工作，作者在电视台，感觉好像自己是为电视观众工作。作者通过自己的工作，帮助人们弄清楚这个世界。
小题1: C。考查名词 ：根据I said yes because I needed to 42 for college. 可知是问我是否想要一份工作。
小题2: B。考查动词 ：根据I worked after school and during summers, and the job helped pay for my freshman year of college.可知这里意思是因为我需要攒钱上大学。
小题3: A。考查介词 ：根据I made coffee in the Students’ Union 43 college可知是在大学期间。During在……期间；after在……以后；before在……以前；behind在……的后面。
小题4:C。考查名词 ：根据She left the store 48 , and I’ve always remembered the 49 I felt in having helped her. 可知，这里意思是但是买书是最令人满意的工作之一。Boring无聊的；tiring累人的；satisfying令人满意的；important重要的。
小题5: D。考查名词 ：根据She seemed fearful. I showed her everything we had in 46 and found other books we could 47 .可知这里填books。Advice建议；medicine医药；help帮助；books书。
小题6:A。考查短语 ：根据I showed her everything we had in 46 and found other books we could 47 . 可知我给她看我们现存的所有书。in stock是固定用法，意思是现存。
小题7: D。考查动词 ：根据I showed her everything we had in 46 and found other books we could 47 .可知发现我们可以订购的其他书。Borrow借；publish出版；introduce介绍；order下订单。
小题8: B。考查比较级 ：根据and I’ve always remembered the 49 I felt in having helped her. 可知她离开书店时，不是特别焦虑了。much happier更高兴了；less anxious不是特别焦虑了；less disappointed减少失望；more confident更有信心。
小题9: A。考查名词 ：根据I felt in having helped her.可知我总是记得这份自豪。Pride自豪；interest兴趣；anxiety忧虑；difficulty困难。
小题10:C。考查名词 ：根据NBC News pays my salary, but I feel as if I work for the 59 , through my “Today” show, helping them make 60 of the world.可知几年以后，我作为洛杉矶的电视记者。Doctor医生；bookseller书商；TV reporter记者；writer作者。
小题11:A。考查动词 ：根据After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, 55 to perform the operation for free. 可知他的家庭付不起手术费。Afford付得起；do做；support支持；pay支付。
小题12: C。考查名词 ：根据hiding his hand in his pocket.可知男孩很羞愧。Danger危险；trouble麻烦；shame羞愧；need需要。
小题13:D。考查动词 ：根据I 53 my boss to let me do the 54 .可知是我说服我的老板。Suggested建议；required要求；expected期望；persuaded说服。
小题14:A。考查名词 ：根据After my story was broadcast,可知这里填story。Story故事；operation手术；thing事件；favor好感。
小题15: B。考查现在分词 ：根据a doctor and a nurse called, 55 to perform the operation for free. 可知一位医生和一位护士提供免费的手术。Promising有前途的；offering提供；providing规定；refusing拒绝。
小题16: C。考查形容词 ：根据I visited the boy in the recovery room after the operation. The first thing he did was hold up his 56 hand and said , “Thank you.” I felt a sense of reward. 可知，他举起修复好的手。Broken破碎的；damaged被损害的；repaired被修复的；injured受伤的。
小题17: B。考查名词 ：根据At McCarley’s Bookstore I always sensed I was working for the 57 , not the store.可知在书店，我总是感觉我是为顾客工作。Boss老板；customers顾客；future未来；college大学。
小题18: C。考查形容词 ：根据At McCarley’s Bookstore I always sensed I was working for the 57 , not the store. Today it’s 58 . NBC News pays my salary, but I feel as if I work for the 59 , through my “Today” show, helping them make 60 of the world.可知这里意思是今天也是一样的。Different不同的；true真的；the same相同的；new新的 。
小题19: B。考查名词 ：根据NBC News pays my salary, but I feel as if I work for the 59 ,可知我感觉好像我是为电视观众工作。Children孩子们；viewers电视观众；patients病人；strangers陌生人。
小题20: D。考查短语 ：根据through my “Today” show, helping them make 60 of the world. 可知这里意思是帮助他们弄清楚这个世界。Make sense of是固定用法，意思是弄清楚。 |
举一反三
In my profession as an educator and health care provider, I have worked with numerous children infected with the virus that 1 AIDS. The relationships that I have had with these special kids have been in my life. They have taught me so many things, but I have learned that great courage can be found in the smallest of packages. Let me tell you about Tyler.
Tyler was born with HIV. From the beginning of his life, he was on medications to enable him to survive. When he was five, he had a surgically inserted in a vein in his chest. This tube was connected to a pump, which he in a small backpack on his back. Medications were hooked up to this pump and were supplied through this tube to his bloodstream. At times, he also needed supplemented oxygen to support his .
Tyler wasn"t willing to give up one single moment of his childhood to this disease. It was not to find him playing and racing around his backyard. Tyler"s mom often teased him by telling him that he moved so fast she needed to dress him in . That way, when she looked out of the window to check on him playing in the yard, she could quickly him.
This dreaded disease wore down Tyler. He grew quite ill and, unfortunately, did his HIV-infected mother. When it became apparent that he wasn"t going to survive, Tyler"s mom talked to him about death. She him by telling Tyler that she was dying too, and that she would be with him soon .
A few days before his death, Tyler asked me to his hospital bed and , "I might die soon. I"m not scared. When I die, please me in red. Mom promised she"s coming to heaven, too. I"ll be playing when she gets there, and I want to make sure she can find me."
| 小题1: | | A．causes | B．causing | C．leads | D．leading |
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| 小题2: | | A．experience | B．lessons | C．gifts | D．business |
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| 小题3: | | A．specially | B．approximately | C．permanently | D．especially |
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| 小题4: | | A．infected | B．affected | C．rejected | D．reflected |
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| 小题6: | | A．keen | B．hard | C．impressed | D．dependent |
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| 小题7: | | A．pump | B．backpack | C．ball | D．tube |
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| 小题8: | | A．carried | B．lifted | C．fetched | D．hooked |
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| 小题9: | | A．fluently | B．temporarily | C．continuously | D．optionally |
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| 小题10: | | A．bathing | B．breathing | C．playing | D．racing |
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| 小题11: | | A．deadly | B．bloody | C．badly | D．dreadful |
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| 小题12: | | A．often | B．occasional | C．unusual | D．frequent |
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| 小题13: | | A．orange | B．blue | C．red | D．green |
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| 小题14: | | A．look | B．spot | C．glare | D．glance |
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| 小题15: | | A．suddenly | B．eventually | C．immediately | D．constantly |
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| 小题17: | | A．satisfied | B．convinced | C．encouraged | D．comforted |
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| 小题18: | | A．in heaven | B．in the bed | C．in hospital | D．in the yard |
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| 小题19: | | A．yelled | B．whispered | C．cried | D．shouted |
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An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old highly educated son.
Suddenly a crow perched on their window.
The father asked his son, “What is this?”
The son replied, “It is a crow.”
After a few minutes, the father asked his son the 2nd time, “What is this?”
The son said, “Father, I have just now told you ‘It’s a crow’.”
After a little while, the old father again asked his son the 3rd time, “What is this?”
At this time some expression of irritation was felt in the son’s tone when he said to his father. “It’s a crow, a crow, a crow.”
A little after, the father again asked his son the 4th time, “What is this?”
This time the son shouted at his father, “Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again, although I have told you so many times ‘IT IS A CROW’. Are you not able to understand this?”
A little later the father went to his room and came back with an old tattered diary, which he had maintained since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page. When the son read it, the following words were written in the diary:
“Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow was sitting on the window. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question again and again for 23 times. I did not at all feel irritated, I rather felt affection for my innocent child.”
小题1: The underlined word “irritation” in the passage means ___________.| A．puzzlement | B．annoyance | | C．patience | D．excitement |
小题2: Why did the old father keep asking his son the same question?| A．Because he developed a kind of disease. | | B．Because he was so boring that he wanted to play a joke with his son. | | C．Because he wanted to know whether his son was as patient as he used to be. | | D．Because his son used to love playing this game with him. |
小题3: How old was the father when he wrote down this page in the diary?| A．35 years old | B．38 years old | | C．45 years old | D．80 years old |
小题4:The reason why the father did not feel irritated when his son asked him the same question for 23 times is that _______________.| A．he knew his son was still so innocent | | B．the father was more patient than the son | | C．the father had already got used to this kind of situation | | D．the father loved his son so much that he never got tired of doing this again and again |
小题5:What would the son probably say after reading the words in the diary?| A．“Sorry, dad. It’s all my fault to forget that.” | | B．Nothing but felt rather ashamed. | | C．“Sorry, dad. I shouldn’t have done that to you when I was such a young child.” | | D．“Thank you, dad. I will do the same to my son.” |
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Most teens can"t wait to learn to drive. Not so with me. Driving made me nervous. I didn"t get a license until I turned 24 years old. As a result, when I first married, we only had one car and car pooled to work. My husband"s hours were different from mine by one hour. I worked earlier. So he dropped me off and went to the diner to drink coffee until work time.
Then, in the afternoons, I leisurely walked the three miles to his work place where I waited in his car, reading a book.
One day while waiting for him, I noticed the most beautiful Cadillac pull in the lot. It was powder blue and sleek looking. The kind of car you dream about. I was busily admiring the car, when I noticed the driver. Honestly, she was probably the prettiest woman I had ever seen off the movie screen.
She pulled into the spot beside our car and it was all I could do not to stare. There was a striking resemblance to Liz Taylor. Jet black hair and alabaster skin. Our eyes made contact and she smiled at me. Her eyes were as blue as the sea, and teeth like an even row of pearls. She was wearing a light blue shirt that just matched her car. Peeking through her long, softly curled hair I could see gold hoop earrings. They had to be gold to shine like that. A couple of minutes later, a nice looking man came out of the building, entered her car, leaned over and kissed her and she drove away.
Sitting there in my jeans, shirt and hair in a pony tail, I wanted to cry. How could some people have it all?
Maybe I would have forgotten about her, but the following week, I saw her again. Then it became almost routine to see her about once a week. She seemed friendly and always waved, flashing a big smile. My envy lingered long after she drove away.
Many nights when sleep evaded me, I would think about the beautiful lady. I wondered if she and her husband ate out, and where they dined, and what she was wearing. I wanted her to get out of the car and let me see her full length. Did she wear really high heeled shoes and pants, or a skirt.
I would get my answers in a couple of weeks.
Sitting in our usual parking lot, I was holding my book, watching her over the top of it. She was waiting and when her husband came to the car, she called to him. They spoke a few words and he opened the car door for her to step out. He took her arm and helped her out of the car. I could see very well as she moved to get out. She was wearing a skirt.
She haltingly walked around to the passenger side very slowly, leaning on a walking cane. Sitting sideways in the car, she lifted one leg with her hands and then the other one. The beautiful lady had a prosthesis on the left leg and a brace on the right leg. I couldn"t watch them drive away as the tears were blinding me. For weeks I had envied this woman and her way of life, while I had been able to walk three miles to our car!
When my husband arrived and found me crying, he immediately asked what was wrong. Through my tears, I told him about the beautiful lady. He said he knew her husband and also knew the story. The beautiful lady and her parents were in a car that either stalled or got caught on the railroad tracks and was hit by a train. Both parents were killed and she was severely injured. She was only 12 years old. The railroad made a large settlement with her because the crossing had no signals. He explained her car was specially built for her needs as well as the home.
I prayed for forgiveness all the way home. The lady I thought had everything I didn"t. I realized how lucky I was to have my parents, the ability to walk, run or dance through life and many wonderful things money can"t buy. I would not have traded places with the beautiful lady for anything
When you meet a person who seems to be much better off than you, don"t be fooled.
小题1:In the afternoons the woman walked three miles to her husband’s work place to___.| A．take exercise on the way | B．meet the beautiful lady. | | C．enjoy the scenery and reading | D．wait for her husband |
小题2:After seeing the beautiful lady, the woman concluded_______.| A．the beautiful lady led a rich and happy life. | | B．the beautiful lady liked to show off herself. | | C．she and her husband must make more money. | | D．she shouldn’t have married her husband. |
小题3: The woman prayed for forgiveness all the way home because_______.| A．She should have known the whole story earlier. | | B．She shouldn’t have compared herself with the woman. | | C．She shouldn’t have told her husband what she had seen. | | D．She shouldn’t have seen the woman getting out of the car. |
小题4: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．The woman learned that health and family are more important. | | B．The woman was poor and couldn’t afford another car and fancy clothes. | | C．The woman envied the beautiful lady of her capable husband. | | D．The woman regretted marrying her husband. |
小题5:The underlined word “haltingly” probably means________.| A．proudly | B．excitedly | | C．difficultly | D．steadily |
小题6:Which of the following do you think can be the best title of the passage?| A．Seeing is believing | B．Trust her heart instead of her look | | C．Looks can be deceiving | D．Fooled by her look |
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Of course, she wasn"t really my aunt and, out of fear, I never called her that to her face. I only ____ to her as "My Aunt Fannie" because it always made my father chuckle and my mother look ____ at both of us—at me for being _____ of my elder and at my father for _____ my bad behavior. I ____ both reactions so I grasped every opportunity to work the name into as many conversations as possible.
As a young woman, my mother had worked in the _____ of a large Victorian farmhouse owned by Fannie Cratty and her twin brother, Farnsworth. They represented the ____ of the Cratty line. Neither had married ____ had any living heirs(继承人) and my father once told me in a whisper that it was because they were both too ____ to share their family wealth. During those years my mother helped Aunt Fanny make the best blueberry jam ever ____ by anyone in Glenfield. She was noted for her jam and for never ____ the recipe with anyone else. ____ my mother knew the recipe by heart, as long as Aunt Fannie was alive, she ____ made the jam without Ms. Cratty in our kitchen to direct the process and preserve the secret.
One year, after I had been particularly helpful with the jam process Aunt Fannie gave me a ____ and then made me promise that I would never spend it. " ____ this quarter," she said, "and some day you will be rich. I still have my very first quarter given by my grandfather." It had obviously ____ for her. So I followed her advice.
I now have the blueberry jam recipe and the quarter from Aunt Fannie. In people"s eye Aunt Fannie"s ____ was attributed to that secret recipe. But to me, it was just a ____ recipe. However, I keep them as ____ to hold firmly the valuable things in life. Money can make you feel rich for a while, but it is the relationships and the memories of time spent with friends and family that truly leave you wealthy. And that is a ____ that anyone can build.
| 小题1: | | A．called | B．thought | C．regarded | D．referred |
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| 小题2: | | A．coldly | B．severely | C．delightedly | D．politely |
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| 小题3: | | A．disappointed | B．disagreeable | C．disrespectful | D．dissatisfied |
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| 小题4: | | A．encouraging | B．scolding | C．forcing | D．pushing |
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| 小题5: | | A．hated | B．respected | C．treated | D．enjoyed |
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| 小题6: | | A．barn | B．kitchen | C．yard | D．garden |
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| 小题7: | | A．beginning | B．start | C．end | D．glory |
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| 小题9: | | A．proud | B．generous | C．strict | D．mean |
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小题10: | A．seen | B．tasted | C．cooked | D．sold |
小题11: | A．sharing | B．telling | C．selling | D．giving |
小题12: | A．As though | B．As if | C．Even though | D．Even if |
| 小题13: | | A．ever | B．never | C．still | D．yet |
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| 小题14: | | A．quarter | B．bill | C．note | D．cheque |
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| 小题15: | | A．Hold back | B．Hold up | C．Hold onto | D．Hold out |
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小题16: | A．mattered | B．failed | C．succeeded | D．worked |
| 小题17: | | A．sorrow | B．success | C．schedule | D．signature |
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小题18: | A．usual | B．normal | C．ordinary | D．common |
| 小题19: | | A．regulations | B．reflections | C．reminders | D．rewards |
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| 小题20: | | A．future | B．fortune | C．fantasy | D．favor |
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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．”
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 since most start-ups don’t，and I wasn’t sure what to ．She told me I should the 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，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 a11．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．
| 小题1: | | A．idea | B．support | C．fund | D．message |
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| 小题2: | | A．got through | B．set aside | C．came across | D．turn down |
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| 小题3: | | A．online | B．available | C．intelligent | D．expensive |
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| 小题4: | | A．practical | B．exciting | C．flexible | D．productive |
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| 小题5: | | A．take | B．1and | C．exchange | D．quit |
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| 小题6: | | A．matter | B．work | C．fail | D．exist |
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| 小题7: | | A．do | B．finish | C．plan | D．expect |
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| 小题8: | | A．give up | B．set up | C．stick to | D．put off |
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| 小题9: | | A．dream | B．pace | C．hobby | D．example |
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| 小题10: | | A．cruel | B．brilliant | C．greedy | D．honest |
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| 小题11: | | A．shared | B．argued | C．reasoned | D．required |
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| 小题12: | | A．gradually | B．eventually | C．carefully | D．generously |
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| 小题13: | | A．so | B．and | C．otherwise | D．but |
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| 小题14: | | A．sense | B．difference | C．bet | D．bargain |
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| 小题15: | | A．while | B．before | C．once | D．since |
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| 小题16: | | A．puzzle | B．suggestion | C．choice | D．report |
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| 小题17: | | A．managing | B．requesting | C．changing | D．trying |
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| 小题18: | | A．consideration | B．determination | C．conversation | D．application |
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| 小题19: | | A．difficult | B．secure | C．amusing | D．interesting |
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| 小题20: | | A．confident | B．regretful | C．hopeful | D．proud |
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