When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could to advise me against becoming a brewer（酿酒人）. He’d 36 his life brewing beer for local breweries only to make a living, 37 were 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 grade 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 to 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 paid 46 money of beer in low 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 who helped to start the Boston Tea party. 52 I sold the beer direct to beer drinkers to get 53 ____out. Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Samuel Adams Boston Lager won the top prize for American beer. In the end I was destined 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．take D．paid 小题2: A．like B．as if C．so D．nor 小题3: A．anywhere B．nowhere C．where D．somewhere 小题4: A．result B．teachers C．grades D．work 小题5: A．promised B．made C．advised D．allowed 小题6: A．never B．ever C．always D．hard 小题7: A．Fortunately B．Obviously C．Possibly D．Properly 小题8: A．expect B．think C．stop D．wait 小题9: A．school B．Colorado C．my home D．my decision 小题10: A．realized B．asked C．wondered D．knew 小题11: A．less B．little C．good D．lot 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．surprised 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．them B．the word C．tea D．the party 小题19: A．advice B．life C．job D．experience 小题20: A．hard B．busy C．short D．long