【正文】 d for? A． Giving off light． B． Decorating homes． C． Heating houses． 第二部分： 閱讀理解 （共兩節(jié)， 滿分 40分） 第一節(jié) （共 15小題；每小題 2分，滿分 30分） 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（ A、 B、 C和 D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng) A Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice． Gifts are easy— they’re given after all． Choice can be hard． I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago． I came across the fact that the Inter usage was growing at 2300 percent per year． I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast， and the idea of building all 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 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 all inventor ， and she wanted me to follow my passion． I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired． I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a pany selling books on the Inter． He took me on a long walk in Central Park， listened 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 1ogic made some sense to 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 difficult choice， but finally， I decided I had to give it a shot． I didn’ t think I’d regret trying and failing ． And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision 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 choice． 21． What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore? A． His dream of being an inventor． B． The support of his wife． C． The greatly increasing usage of the Inter． D ． Millions of exciting titles, 22． Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence? A． The idea of not trying would keep ing to his mind and disturb him． B． He would be very excited if he tried it out． C． He would be always having a doubt if he didn’t try ． D． The decision to not try the online bookstore would terrify him． 23． Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A． Cleverness and Kindness B． The Starting of Amazon C． Following My Passion D． We Are What We Choose 24． We can know from the passage that_______． A． the boss thought the idea was suitable for the author B． the author wanted someone else to try the idea C． the author might not regret if he failed the idea D． the author might go back to his boss if he failed B Since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Nay climbed Mount Everest, Mount Qomolangma’s peak is no longer a lonely place and is turning into a trash heap. So far, more than 350 climbers have successfully reached the peak. And they have plained about waiting for hours in the bottlenecks (狹窄路段 ) on the way to the peak, a situation that isn’t just unfortable — it’s cold and windy up there — but downright dangerous. If bad weather strikes, climbers can and do die. As a matter of fact, the dangerous crowds aren’t the only problem on Qomolangma. All those climbers need to bring a lot of gear— and much of them ends up being left on the mountain, sometimes even the peak itself. Mount Qomolangma is being the world’s largest dump. Here’s mountaineer Mark Jenkins writing in National Geographic about the state of Qomolangma: “The two standard routes, the Northeast Ridge and the Southeast Ridge, are disgustingly polluted with oxygen cans and torn tents everywhere.” But the good news is that some mountaineers are taking it upon themselves to clean up Qomolangma. Mountianeer Paul Thelen and his friend Eberhard Schaaf are part of the annual Eco Everest Expedition, which has been cleaning up rubbish from base camps to the peak since 2020. So far they’ve collected over 13 tons of garbage. Some of that rubbish is even being used for a higher purpose. As part of the Mount Everest 8844 Art Project, a group of 15 artists from Nepal collected tons of garbage brought down the mountain by climbers. They’ve transformed the cans and oxygen tanks— and in one case, part of the remains of a helicopter— into 74 pieces of art that have already gone on exhibition in Nepal’s capital. Part of the profit from sales will go to the Everest Peakers Association, which has helped collect tons of rubbish on the slopes of the mountain. 25. What does the underlined word “gear” mean? A. Equipment for climbing mountains. B.. The food climbers brought onto the mountain. C. Some important machines used for the bottlenecks. D. Some rubbish found on the mountain. 26. The group of 15 Nepali artists_________. A. created works of art using rubbish from Qomolangma B. were employed by the Everest Peakeers Association C. climbed Qomolangma and collected tons of trash D. painted 74 beautiful pictures of Mount Qomolangma’s peak 27． What can be the best title for the text? A. Eco Everest Expedition Proves Successful B. Qomolangma Has Bee A Huge Mess C. Test Yourself Against Qomolangma D. Recycle Rubbish On Qomolangma C The bed should be reserved as a place for sleep, but people tend to read an iPad a lot in bed before they go to sleep. Charles Czeisler, a professor at Harvard Medical School, and his colleagues got a small group of people for an experiment. For five days in a row, the people read either a paper book or an iPad for four hours before sleep. Their sleep patterns were monitored