题目内容：

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

“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 ________, 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 and 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 all. 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.

1.A. messageB. supportC. fundD. idea

2.A. got throughB. came acrossC. set asideD. turned down

3.A. expensiveB. availableC. intelligentD. online

4.A. practicalB. flexible

C. excitingD. productive

5.A. takeB. quitC. exchangeD. 1and

6.A. existB. workC. failD. matter

7.A. doB. expectC. planD. achieve

8.A. stick toB. set upC. give upD. put off

9.A. hobbyB. paceC. passionD. example

10.A. cruelB. modestC. greedyD. brilliant

11.A. arguedB. sharedC. reasonedD. enquired

12.A. graduallyB. eventuallyC. generouslyD. carefully

13.A. butB. andC. otherwiseD. so

14.A. differenceB. senseC. betD. bargain

15.A. whileB. onceC. beforeD. since

16.A. choiceB. suggestionC. puzzleD. report

17.A. managingB. tryingC. changingD. requesting

18.A. conversationB. determination

C. considerationD. application

19.A. stableB. interestingC. amusingD. secure

20.A. proudB. confidentC. hopefulD. regretful