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 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

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