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高中英语真题:2014 高考英语阅读理解训练 （18 ）及答案 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A 、B、C 和 D ）中，选 出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 【黑龙江省哈三中2014 高考英语试题】A “Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy – they’re given after all. Choices can be hard.” –– Jeff Bezos I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the f act that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per ye ar. I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and t he idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles wa s very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and I’d bee n married for a year. I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit 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 what to expect. MacKenzie told me I should go for it. As a young boy, I’d been a garage inventor. I’ d always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follo w my passion. I was working at a financial firm in with a bunch of very smart p eople, 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 on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, list ened carefully 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 good job.” That logic made some sense t o me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a difficul t choice, but ultimately (最 后), I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d regret tryin g and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a d ecision to not try at all. After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion, and I’m proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choices. 21. What inspired the author with the idea of building an online boo