语言朋友(87)__1__ to start Amazon 16 years ago.I __2__ the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2，300 percent per year.I'd never seen or heard of anything that grew so fast，and the idea of building an __3__bookstore with millions of titles was very __4__ to me.I had just turned 30，and I'd been married for a year.I told my wife that I wanted to__5__ my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn't __6__，and I wasn't sure what to __7__.She told me I should __8__ the idea.I'd always wanted to be an inventor，and she wanted me to follow my __9__.
I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a __10__ boss that I admired very much.I went to my boss and __11__ 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 __12__ 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 __13__ job.” That logic made some__14__ to me，and he convinced
me to think about it for 48 hours before making a__15__ 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 __17__ and failing.And I suspected I would always be troubled by the decision not to try at all.After much__18__，I took the less __19__ path to follow my dream，and I'm __20__ of that choice.For all of us，in the end，we are our choices.
解题导语：本文向我们讲述了亚马逊书城的老板在开始做网络书店时面临的艰难的抉择告诉我们人生就是一个选择的过程。
D．message解析：根据下文“and the idea of...”可知选A。句意：我在16年前就有了创建亚马逊的想法。答案：A
B．set aside
D．turn down解析：come across“发现”。其他选项不符合语境。答案：C
B．available
D．expensive解析：根据上下文可知亚马逊是个网上书城。故选A。答案：A
B．exciting
D．productive解析：句意：开办一个网上书店对我来说是一件非常令人兴奋的事情。答案：B
B．land
D．quit解析：根据下文可知作者想放弃工作来做这件事情。quit“放弃停止”。答案：D
B．work
D．exist解析：句意：我想放弃我的工作来做这件可能不起作用(不会成功)的疯狂的事情。我甚至不敢确信我能够期待得到什么样的结果。答案：B
B．achieve plan
D．expect解析：参见第6题解析。答案：D
B．set up
D．put off解析：句意：我的妻子告诉我应该坚持这个想法。stick to“坚持”。答案：C
B．pace
D．example解析：参见第8题解析。答案：A
B．brilliant
D．modest解析：根据下文的“I admired very much”可知选B。brilliant“很棒的”。答案：B
B．argued
D．enquired解析：share sth.with sb.“与某人分享某事”。答案：A
B．eventually
D．generously解析：句意：老板和我在中央公园走了很久很仔细地听了我的计划和想法。答案：C
B．perfect
D．good解析：句意：他说：“这听起来是一个很好的主意但是对于没有好工作的人来说似乎是一个更好的事情。”此处指老板认为“我”已经是一个有很好的工作的人没有必要再去冒险做这样一个可能会失败的事情。答案：D
B．difference
D．bargain解析：make sense“有意义讲得通”。此处指老板的话令作者有点动摇。答案：A
B．final
D．random解析：make a final decision“做出最终决定”。答案：B
B．suggestion
D．report解析：根据文意可知这对“我”来说是一个很困难的选择但是最后我还是决定试一试。答案：C
B．requesting
D．trying解析：句意：我想努力并尝试了以后我是不会后悔遗憾的。答案：D
B．determination
D．application解析：句意：考虑了很久以后我决定走这条没有那么安全的追随自己梦想的小路。答案：A
B．secure
D．interesting解析：因为这件事情没有人做过没有人知道是不是会成功所以使用secure表示这一道路前途的不确定性。答案：B
B．regretful
D．proud解析：根据文意可知作者对于自己的选择很自豪。答案：D________ each other except that the woman had a box in a drawer 22.________ she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.
He'd never thought about it ever since.One day 23.________ woman got very sick and the doctor said she wouldn't recover.To sort out their affairs, the husband took down the box and 24.________ (bring) it to his wife's bedside.She agreed it was time that he should know 25.________ was in the box.
26．________ (open) it, he found two small table mats and a sum of money totaling $ 25，000.He asked her about the contents.“When we were to be married，” she said, “my grandma told me the secret of a happy 27.________ (marry) was never to argue, and I should just keep quiet and make a mat 28.________ I got angry with you.”
The man was so 29.________ (move) that he had to fight back tears.She had only been angry with him twice in all those years of living and loving! “Honey，” he said, “that explains the mats, but what about the money? Where did it come from？”________.”
解题导语：妻子对她的丈夫感到生气的时候就做一个垫子到她临死前这些垫子竟卖了2 500美元！解析：keep no secret from each other“彼此之间没有秘密”。答案：from解析：这是一个定语从句先行词是a box且从句中缺少宾语故用that或which引导。答案：that/which解析：特指上文提到的那位妇人故用定冠词the。答案：the解析：and连接两个并列动作根据and前面部分的动词短语took down可知应填bring的过去式。答案：brought解析：know后面是一个宾语从句且从句中缺少主语故用what引导。答案：what解析：句中已有谓语故此处应填非谓语动词作状语。openhe是主动关系故填现在分词形式。答案：Opening解析：介词of后面要接名词作宾语故此处应填其名词形式。答案：marriage解析：空格前后是两个各自完整的句子此处需填入一个连词。这是一个状语从句可用if连接表示条件也可用when连接表示时间。答案if/when
29．解析：so修饰形容词且此处形容词修饰主语the man故填moved。答案：moved解析：根据上文可知老妇人不是只做了两个垫子而是把其他的垫子都卖掉了。故此处应填代词宾格them。答案：them