题目内容：

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Have you ever heard of an old saying? Intelligence is a born gift while goodness is a choice of people. Gifts are easy—they’re______after all. But choices can be hard.

I got the idea to start Amazon many years ago. I______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______of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very ______ to me. I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to______my job and do    this______thing that probably wouldn’t work______most start-ups don’t and I wasn’t sure what to______MacKenzie told me I should______ it.

I was working at a financial firm in New York City and I had a brilliant boss. I went to my______and told him I wanted to start a company selling______on the Internet.He______me for a long walk in Central Park,listened______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______have a good job. ” That logic made some______to me, and he______me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision.

It really was a difficult choice,______finally, I decided I had to give it a _______After much consideration, I took the less______path to follow my passion, and I’m______of that choice. For all of us,in the end, we are our choices.

1.A. appreciated    B. chosen    C. given    D. bought

2.A. came across    B. made up    C. turned into    D. dreamed of

3.A. decision    B. plan    C. project    D. idea

4.A. frightening    B. exciting    C. disappointing    D. practical

5.A. change    B. improve    C. quit    D. increase

6.A. Crazy    B. grateful    C. intelligent    D. flexible

7.A. while    B. since    C. although    D. therefore

8.A. find    B. say    C. offer    D. expect

9.A. look through    B. knock on    C. go for    D. believe in

10.A. friend    B. boss    C. colleague    D. office

11.A. keys    B. hobbies    C. books    D. ideas

12.A. asked    B. advised    C. took    D. begged

13.A. cautiously    B. impatiently    C. generously    D. carefully

14.A. instead    B. still    C. otherwise    D. already

15.A. effect    B. sense    C. progress    D. power

16.A. forced    B. refused    C. reminded    D. convinced

17.A. so    B. then    C. but    D. next

18.A. try    B. hope    C. thought    D. sense

19.A. painful    B. safe    C. profitable    D. attractive

20.A. sad    B. aware    C. shamed    D. proud