“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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