第二部分：阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)
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。
A
Jeffrey Bezos，the founder，president and chairman of the board of Amazon.com，was born in Albuquerque，New Mexico.His mother's ancestors were early settlers in Texas，and over the generations had acquired a 25,000acre farm at Cotulla.Jeffrey spent most summers of his youth working with his grandfather on their farm.
Jeffrey showed intense and varied scientific interests at an early age.He set up an electric alarm to keep his younger sisters and brothers out of his room and changed his parents' garage into a laboratory for his science projects.
After he graduated from Princeton University with a degree in computer science and electrical engineering，Jeffrey Bezos found employment on Wall Street，where computer science was increasingly in demand to study market trends.He rose quickly，becoming a senior vice president，and looked forward to a bright career in finance，when he made a discovery that changed his life，and the course of business history.
In 1994，there was still no Internet commerce to speak of.One day that spring，Jeffrey Bezos observed that Internet usage was increasing by 2,300 percent a year.He saw an opportunity for a new circle of commerce，and immediately began considering the possibilities.
Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994，setting up the original company in his garage.The company was called Amazon for the seemingly endless South American river with its numberless branches.It started as an online bookstore but soon diversified(多样化)to all kinds of products.His work with Amazon eventually led him to become one of the most excellent dotcom entrepreneurs(企业家).He was named Time magazine's Person of the Year in 1999.In 2008，he was selected by U.S.News &World Report as one of America's Best Leaders.Bezos' Amazon has become“the Earth's biggest anything store”.Amazon.com is now called“one of the smartest strategies in business history”.
Today，Jeffrey Bezos lives north of Seattle and is increasingly concerned with charity(慈善)activities.“Giving away money takes as much attention as building a successful company，”he has said.
【语篇解读】 本文介绍的是Amazon公司创始人Jeffrey Bezos的传奇人生。
36.In his childhood，Bezos________.
A.had to work with parents on their farm all day long
B.showed great interest in science
C.didn't get along well with his brothers and sisters
D.wanted to become a businessman
解析 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句中的内容可知他在很小的时候就对科学表现出了浓厚的兴趣。
答案 B
37.Jeffrey changed the course of business history because he________.
A.rose quickly，looking forward to a bright career in finance on Wall Street
B.observed the Internet usage was increasing by 2,300% a year
C.founded a new form of commerce that developed fast later
D.was the first to speak of Internet commerce
解析 细节理解题。第三段提到他的发现改变了他的人生，也改变了商业历史的进程，下文提到他注意到了因特网商业的巨大商机并创办了Amazon公司，由此可知原因是他后来创建了一种快速发展的新型商业模式。
答案 C
38.Bezos named his company Amazon with the aim of ________.
A.opening numberless branches all over the world
B.living a quiet life along the Amazon River
C.earning endless money and being wealthy
D.wishing his company to run smoothly and endlessly
解析 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段第二句中的内容可推测他以Amazon命名自己的公司是希望公司能够顺利而且永无止境地运转。
答案 D
39.Which of the following ISN'T mentioned in the passage?
A.How hard Bezos studied physics in Princeton University.
B.“Amazo.com”only sold books in the beginning.
C.Bezos not only devoted his life to Internet commerce but also to charity.
D.The reason why Jeffrey Bezos decided to found Amazon.com.
解析 细节理解题。由文章第三段前半部分可知他从普林斯顿大学毕业，但文中并没有提到他在普林斯顿大学攻读物理的刻苦程度。
答案 A
