When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could do to advise me against becoming a brewer(造酒人). He’d 36 his life brewing beer for local breweries only to make a living, ___37 had his father and grandfather befere him. He didn’t want me 38 near a vat(酿酒用的桶)of beer. So I did as he asked. I got good ___39 , went to Harvard and in 1971 was accepted into a graduate program there that 40 me to study law and business at the same time.
In my second year of graduate school, I began to realize that I’d 41 done anything but go to school. So, at 24 I decided to drop out. 42 , my parents didn’t think this was a great idea. But I felt strongly that you can’t 43__ till you’re 65 to do what you want in life.
I packed my stuff into a bus and headed for Colorado to become an instructor at Outward Bound. Three years later, I was ready to go back to 44 . I finished Havard and got a highly-paid job at the Boston Consulting Group Still, after working there five years, I 45 , “Is this what I want to be doing when I’m 50?” At that time, Americans spent good money on beer in 46 quality. Why not make good beer for 47 ? I thought.
I decided to give up my job to become 48 . When I told Dad, he was 49 , but in the end he 50 me. I called my beer Samuel Adams, 51 the brewer and patriot(爱国者) who helped to start the Boston Tea Party. 52 I sold the beer direct to beer drinkers to get the 53 out. Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Sam Adams Boston Lager（淡啤酒） won the top prize for American beer. In the end I was destined(注定) to be a brewer. My 54 to the young is simple:Life is very 55 , so don’t rush to make decisions. Life doesn’t let you plan.
36.A.cost B.spent C.taken D.paid
37.A.like B.as if C.so D.nor
38.A.anywhere B.anyway C.anyhow D.somewhere
39.A.habits B.teachers C.grades D.work
40.A.promised B.convinced C.advised D.allowed
41.A.never B.ever C.always D.hardly
42.A.Fortunatnely B.Obviously C.Possibly D.Surprisingly
43.A.assure B.decline C.deny D.wait
44.A.school B.Colorado C.my home D.my decision
45.A.thrilled B.stressed C.wondered D.sneezed
46.A.cheap B.expensive C.low D.high
47.A.Englishmen B.Europeans C.the world D.Americans
48.A.a lawyer B.a brewer C.an instructor D.an engineer
49.A.astonished B.satisfied C.interested D.anxious
50.A.hated B.supported C.raised D.left
51.A.for B.at C.in D.after
52.A.Therefore B.Otherwise C.Also D.Yet
53.A.price B.name C.company D.party
54.A.advice B.life C.job D.experience
55.A.hard B.busy C.short D.long
36-40 BCACD 41-45 ABDAC 46-50 CDBAB 51-55DCBAD
36.B spend time doing sth. 是固定结构，意思是“把时间花在做……上”。
37.C 倒装句。“so+倒装句”表示“另一个人或物的情况与前面相同”。
38.A anywhere用于否定句中。
39.C 据上下文可知，作者服从了父亲的安排并获得了良好的成绩。
40.D 学校允许我学习法律和商业。allow sb to do sth.“允许某人做某事”。
41.A never...anything=nothing。
42.B 我想退学，显然父母不会同意，其他不合题意。
43.D “不能等到人老了才做自己愿做的事”。
44.A 下文finished Harvard提供了回来学习的信息，因而为go back to school。
45.C 这句话是作者对自己生活的疑惑。
46.C 本句意思是啤酒很贵，但质量不佳。
47.D 上文提到Americans 高价买质量不好的啤酒，因而本句应为为Americans制造高质量的啤酒。
48.B 从下文可知，作者要放弃原来的工作，成为酿酒人。
49.A 当我告诉父亲时，他对我的想法不是很满意或感兴趣，而是奇怪，因为文章一开始就告诉我们作者的父亲不想让他成为酿酒人。
50.B but表转折，表明最后他同意和支持我，故答案为B。
51.D name sth... after为一固定搭配。 after有“根据.依据”的意思。
52.C also “而且”，作者首先给他的啤酒起了一个好名字，同时又直销给喝酒人。
53.B 把“酒的名字”传出去，使这一“name”有了名气。
54.A 从后面的几句话可知，作者是在给读者“忠告”，advice“忠告.劝告.建议”。
55.D 从“不要急于做决定”，可知作者是想表达“人的一生很长久”的意思，所以也就有了“生活不一定按你的计划进行”。