【全国百强校word】山西省大同市第一中学2016-2017学年高一12月月考英语试题（有答案）

第一部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分60分) 第一节 阅读下列短文,从媒体所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项,并在题卡上将该项涂黑(15×3=45) A Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice . Gifts are easy-they’re given after all . Choices can be hard . I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years age . I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year . I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast , and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me . I had just turned 30 years old , and I’d been married for a year . I told my wife MacKenie 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 MacKenie 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 follow my passion . I was working at a financial firm in Mew York City with a bunch of very smart people , and I had a brilliant boss that