“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．
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A．ideaB．supportC．fund D．message
小題2:
A．got throughB．set asideC．came acrossD．turn down
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A．onlineB．a(chǎn)vailableC．intelligentD．expensive
小題4:
A．practicalB．excitingC．flexible D．productive
小題5:
A．takeB．1andC．exchange D．quit
小題6:
A．matterB．workC．failD．exist
小題7:
A．doB．finishC．plan D．expect
小題8:
A．give upB．set upC．stick to D．put off
小題9:
A．dreamB．paceC．hobby D．example
小題10:
A．cruelB．brilliantC．greedy D．honest
小題11:
A．sharedB．a(chǎn)rguedC．reasoned D．required
小題12:
A．graduallyB．eventuallyC．carefully D．generously
小題13:
A．soB．a(chǎn)ndC．otherwise D．but
小題14:
A．senseB．differenceC．bet D．bargain
小題15:
A．whileB．beforeC．once D．since
小題16:
A．puzzleB．suggestionC．choice D．report
小題17:
A．managingB．requestingC．changing D．trying
小題18:
A．considerationB．determinationC．conversationD．a(chǎn)pplication
小題19:
A．difficultB．secureC．a(chǎn)musing D．interesting
小題20:
A．confidentB．regretfulC．hopeful D．proud

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:D
小題6:B
小題7:D
小題8:C
小題9:A
小題10:B
小題11:A
小題12:C
小題13:D
小題14:A
小題15:B
小題16:C
小題17:D
小題18:A
小題19:B
小題20:D

試題分析：文章大意：文章講述的是亞馬遜網(wǎng)站創(chuàng)始人的故事。才智是與生俱來的，而善良是后天可以選擇的。天賦易得，選擇難做。在貝佐斯16歲的時候，他驚嘆于互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的迅速發(fā)展，于是萌發(fā)了建立網(wǎng)上書店的想法。在得到妻子的支持以后，他辭去了待遇很好的工作，雖然老板曾試圖留住他，但貝佐斯最終決定把自己的想法付諸實踐。
小題1:考查上下文串聯(lián)。A想法；B支持；C資金；D信息，信息。根據(jù)43空句She told me I should   43  the idea可知我在16年前就有了這樣的想法。故選A。
小題2:考查動詞短語辨析。A完成；B放在一邊，不管不顧，儲存；C遇見；D拒絕；我知道了這個事實，因特網(wǎng)的使用以每年百分之2300的速度在增加，所以我意識到這對于網(wǎng)絡(luò)售書是一個機遇。本句中的come across表示發(fā)現(xiàn)。故選C。
小題3:考查形容詞。A在線；B存在的，可利用的；C勤奮的；D昂貴的；我從來沒有見過或者聽過增加如此迅速的事情，建立一個網(wǎng)絡(luò)在線的書店對我來說是一件非常令人興奮的事情。故選A。
小題4:考查形容詞。A實用的；B令人興奮的；C靈活的；D多產(chǎn)的；我從來沒有見過或者聽過增加如此迅速的事情，建立一個網(wǎng)絡(luò)在線的書店對我來說是一件非常令人興奮的事情。故選B。
小題5:考查動詞。A拿走；B登陸，著陸；C交換；D放棄；我告訴我的妻子我想放棄我的工作來做這件瘋狂的事情。故選D。
小題6:考查動詞。A有關(guān)系，重要；B起作用；C失�。籇存在；我想放棄我的工作來做這件可能不起作用的瘋狂的事情。故選B。
小題7:考查動詞。A做；B實現(xiàn)，獲得；C計劃；D期待；我不敢確信我能夠期待得到什么樣的結(jié)果。
故選D。
小題8:考查短語辨析。A放棄；B建立，成立；C堅持；D推遲；我的妻子告訴我應(yīng)該堅持這個想法，我總是想成為一個發(fā)明家，她希望我堅持自己的夢想。故選C。
小題9:考查上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)54空I took the less   54  path to follow my dream可知：我的妻子告訴我應(yīng)該堅持這個想法，我總是想成為一個發(fā)明家，她希望我堅持自己的夢想。故選A。
小題10:考查形容詞。A殘忍的；B很棒的；C貪婪的；D謙虛的；我在紐約的一件金融機構(gòu)工作，我的老板是一位我很欽佩的很棒的老板。根據(jù)后面的定語從句that I admired very much可知這是一個我很欽佩的人，那么B項“很棒的”符合上下文。故選B。
小題11:考查動詞。A分享；B爭論；C理論，辯論；D詢問；固定搭配share sth with sb與某人分享某事；我去找了老板和他分享了我想做的事情。故選A。
小題12:考查副詞。A逐漸地；B最后，終于；C仔細地，細心地；D一般說來；老板和我在中央公園走了很久，很仔細地聽了我的計劃和想法。故選C。
小題13:考查連詞。A于是；B和；C否則，要不然；D但是；他說：這聽起來是一個很好的主意，但是對于一個沒有工作的人來說是似乎是一個更好的事情。也就是說老板認為我已經(jīng)是一個有很好的工作的人，沒有必要再去冒險做這樣一個可能會失敗的事情�？芍习宸磳ξ易鲞@樣的事情。故選D。
小題14:考查固定固定搭配。Make sense有意義，講得通；老板的邏輯對我來說是講得通的。本句表示作者明白了老板的意思和態(tài)度。故選A。
小題15:考查連詞。A當…時；B在…前；C一旦；D自從；老板說服我在做出最終決定之前再考慮48小時。本句表示老板讓我三思而后行，讓我仔細考慮自己的行為。故選B。
小題16:考查名詞。A困惑；B建議；C選擇；D報告；對我來說這是一個很困難的選擇，但是最后我還是決定試一試。故選C。
小題17:考查動詞。A設(shè)法做到；B請求，要求；C改變；D努力，嘗試；我決定去做這件事情，我想努力并嘗試了以后我是不會后悔遺憾的。如果我不去努力和嘗試也許我會很遺憾。故選D。
小題18:考查名詞。A考慮；B決定；C對話；D申請，應(yīng)用；考慮很久 以后我決定走這條不是很安全的追隨自己夢想的小路。故選A。
小題19: 考查形容詞。A穩(wěn)固的；B安全的；C令人快樂的；D有趣的；因為這件事情沒有人做過，沒有人知道是不是會成功，所以使用secure表示對于這一道路的前途的不確定性。故選B。
小題20:考查形容詞。A有信心的；B遺憾的；C有希望的；D自豪的；對于我的選擇我很自豪，對于我們所有人來說這是我們自己的選擇。故選D。
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小題13:
A．suggestedB．requiredC．expectedD．persuaded
小題14: A. story B operation C. thing    D. favor
小題15:
A．promisingB．offeringC．providingD．refusing
小題16:
A．brokenB．damagedC．repairedD．injured
小題17:
A．bossB．customersC．futureD．college
小題18:
A．differentB．trueC．the sameD．new
小題19:
A．childrenB．viewersC．patientsD．strangers
小題20:
A．useB．funC．changeD．sense

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從21—40題所給的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題紙上將該選項標號涂黑。
I was in the ninth year at St Joseph’s High School, when I began to suffer depression. My parents noticed, but felt that since I’d always been a responsible girl and a good student, this was just a temporary  21 .
Unfortunately, that was not to be. I didn’t have many friends. I could never share my  22. A deep insecurity destroyed my self-confidence. Soon I  23  to attend classes for many days. I would shut myself in my room for hours.
The examinations were approaching,  24  I simply didn’t care. My parents and teachers were surprised at my bad performance.
One morning, after a particularly  25  lecture from Dad, I stood depressed, in the school assembly.  26 , as the other students marched to their classroom, our principal  27  me. I made my way to Sister Sylvia’s office.
The next 45 minutes were the most  28  moments of my life. Sister Sylvia said she’d noticed a big  29 in me. She wanted to know why I was lagging in studies, so frequently  30 and unhappy. She took my hand in hers and  31 patiently as I spilled out my worries. She then 32  me as I sobbed my pent-up （壓抑的）emotions out. Months of frustration and loneliness 33  in her motherly hug.
No one had tried to  34  what the real problem was, but my principal had done it with her simple act of just listening to me with such  35  and caring.
As the examinations approached again, I studied  36 . When the results were  37 , everybody was pleased, but happiest of all was my principal.
I soon made new friends and was happy  38 . But whenever I had a problem, I could always slip into Sister Sylvia’s office for a(n)  39 .
Today I’m a  40  young woman doing my MA and hoping to become a writer. I’ve become an inspiration to several of my friends and cousins, thanks to a kind nun who cared.
小題1:
A．basisB．stageC．a(chǎn)djustmentD．solution
小題2:
A．viewpointsB．experiencesC．problemsD．dreams
小題3:
A．skipped B．refusedC．regrettedD．forgot
小題4:
A．otherwiseB．thoughC．butD．or
小題5:
A．severeB．publicC．popularD．formal
小題6:
A．AlsoB．ThereforeC．StillD．Then
小題7:
A．a(chǎn)ttractedB．a(chǎn)ccompaniedC．calledD．instructed
小題8:
A．preciousB．curiousC．a(chǎn)nxious D．serious
小題9:
A．quality B．changeC．mistake D．faith
小題10:
A．a(chǎn)bsent B．dishonestC．a(chǎn)ggressiveD．calm
小題11:
A．lookedB．waited C．listenedD．worked
小題12:
A．hugged B．a(chǎn)cknowledgeC．observedD．educated
小題13:
A．passed awayB．rode awayC．drove awayD．melted away
小題14:
A．reveal B．understandC．realizeD．doubt
小題15:
A．dignityB．courageC．a(chǎn)ttentionD．satisfaction
小題16:
A．hardB．a(chǎn)loneC．closelyD．a(chǎn)broad
小題17:
A．declaredB．obtainedC．a(chǎn)ppliedD．compared
小題18:
A．foreverB．a(chǎn)gainC．a(chǎn)nyhowD．instead
小題19:
A．requestB．effectC．reasonD．chat
小題20:
A．mature B．quietC．smartD．happy

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

Charlotte Whitehead was born in England in 1843, and moved to Montreal, Canada at the age five with her family. While         her ill elder sister throughout the years, Charlotte discovered she had a(an)          in medicine. At 18 she married and          a family. Several years later, Charlotte said she wanted to be a          . Her husband supported her decision.
         , Canadian medical schools did not          women students at the time. Therefore, Charlotte went to the United States to study          at the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia. It took her five years to         her medical degree.
Upon graduation, Charlotte         to Montreal and set up a private        . Three years later, she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and there she was once again a          doctor. Many of her patients were from the nearby timber and railway camps. Charlotte          herself operating on damaged limbs and setting          bones, in addition to delivering all the babies in the area.
But Charlotte had been practicing without a license. She had          a doctor’s license in both Montreal and Winnipeg, but was        . The Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons, an all-male board, wanted her to         her studies at a Canadian medical college! Charlotte refused to          her patients to spend time studying what she already knew. So in 1887, she appeared to the Manitoba Legislature to         a license to her but they, too, refused. Charlotte         to practice without a license until 1912. She died four years later at the age of 73.
In 1993, 77 years after her         , a medical license was issued to Charlotte. This decision was made by the Manitoba Legislature to honor “this courageous and pioneering woman.”
小題1:
A．raisingB．teachingC．nursingD．missing
小題2:
A．habitB．interestC．opinionD．voice
小題3:
A．inventedB．selectedC．offeredD．started
小題4:
A．doctorB．musicianC．lawyerD．physicist
小題5:
A．BesidesB．Unfortunately C．Otherwise D．Eventually
小題6:
A．hire B．entertainC．trust D．a(chǎn)ccept
小題7:
A．history B．physics C．medicine D．law
小題8:
A．improve B．save C．design D．earn
小題9:
A．returned B．escaped C．spread D．wandered
小題10:
A．school B．museumC．clinic D．lab
小題11:
A．busy B．wealthyC．greedyD．lucky
小題12:
A．helped B．found C．troubled D．imagined
小題13:
A．harmful B．tired C．broken D．weak
小題14:
A．put away B．taken over C．turned in D．a(chǎn)pplied for
小題15:
A．punished B．refusedC．blamed D．fired
小題16:
A．display B．change C．preview D．complete
小題17:
A．leave B．charge C．test D．cure
小題18:
A．sell B．donateC．issue D．show
小題19:
A．continued B．promised C．pretended D．dreamed
小題20:
A．birth B．death C．wedding D．graduation

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21­year­old twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart.
“I have two kids in college, and I want to say ‘come home'，but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education，” says Jacobs.
The Jacobs family did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (貸款) program. They will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school.
With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear more families like the Jacobs. More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.
At the same time, tuition(學(xué)費)continues to rise. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147%. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade.
“If we go on this way for another 25 years, we won't have an affordable system of higher education，” says Patrick M. Callan, president of the center. “The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt.”
Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.
小題1:According to Paragraph 1，why did the plan of Jacobs family fail?
A．The twins wasted too much money.
B．The father was out of work.
C．Their saving ran out
D．The family fell apart.
小題2:How did the Jacobses manage to solve their problem?
A．They asked their kids to come home.
B．They borrowed $20,000 from the school.
C．They encouraged their twin sons to do part­time jobs.
D．They got help from the school and the federal government.
小題3:Financial aid administrators believe that ________.
A．more families will face the same problem as the Jacobses
B．the government will receive more letters of complaint
C．college tuition fees will double soon
D．America's unemployment will fall
小題4:．What can we learn about the middle class families from the text?
A．They blamed the government for the tuition increase.
B．Their income remained steady in the last decade.
C．They will try their best to send kids to college.
D．Their debts will be paid off within 25 years

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