完形填空（共20小题；每小题1。5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项。 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 before 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 Harvard 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. 小题1: A．cost B．spent C．taken D．paid 小题2: A．like B．as if C．so D．nor 小题3: A．anywhere、 B．anyway C．anyhow D．somewhere 小题4: A．habits B．teachers C．grades D．work 小题5: A．promised B．convinced C．advised D．allowed 小题6: A．never B．ever C．always D．hardly 小题7: A．Fortunately B．Obviously C．Possibly D．Surprisingly 小题8: A．assure B．decline C．deny D．wait 小题9: A．school B．Colorado C．my home D．my decision 小题10: A．thrilled B．stressed C．wondered D．sneezed 小题11: A．cheap B．expensive C．low D．high 小题12: A．Englishmen B．Europeans C．the world D．Americans 小题13: A．a lawyer B．a brewer C．an instructor D．an engineer 小题14: A．astonished B．satisfied C．interested D．anxious 小题15: A．hated B．supported C．raised D．left 小题16: A．for B．at C．in D．after 小题17: A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．Also D．Yet 小题18: A．price B．name C．company D．party 小题19: A．advice B．life C．job D．experience 小题20: A．hard B．busy C．short D．long