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请阅读下面短文,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,并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
We will meet a lot of crossings on the way of our lives.How to choose? The son of a brewer (酿造商), Jim Koch, presents it new  36 .
When Jim was a teenager, his father did everything he could to persuade him  37  becoming a brewer, for he  38  brewing was so labour-costing a job.So  39  studied hard and went to Harvard to study law and business.In his second year, he  40  for he felt strongly that one  41
not wait till 65 to do what he wants in life.He became an instructor of the wilderness-education program.
After over three years, he went  42 , finished Harvard and got a  43  paid job at the Boston Consulting Group,  44  he stayed for five years.Still he was disturbed by  45 , “Is this what I want to be doing when I am 50?”
He  46  that Americans pay good money for beer.He thought why not to make good beer for Americans.Finally, he  47  his job and became a successful beer brewer.
As we all know, success is  48  to talent plus effort.However, in this story, success is applied with new meanings.To try to find what you are  49  and stick to it is what I learned from Jim.
Everyone should introspect (反思) himself from time to time like Jim, especially after he was 50
in one position.One might not be  51  for a job in his whole life.Since one will become 52  in his job, there are two ways which people usually  53 :one is to try to improve himself to 54  up with others still in this job; the other is to leave this job, and then find another one he is interested in.Both of them are  55  only if the job is what one is interested in.
36. A.spirits            B.chances                        C.thoughts                      D.jobs
37. A.into              B.from                             C.of                                    D.in
38. A.mistook                      B.ignored                         C.forgot                            D.thought
39. A.Jim                             B.His father           C.They                             D.One
40. A.put out                 B.left out                          C.dropped out               D.moved out
41. A.must                    B.dare                             C.need                             D.can
42. A.forward                      B.back                               C.on                                   D.away
43. A.lower            B.poorly           C.highly                     D.properly
44. A.where           B.which                            C.when                       D.then
45. A.trouble                       B.doubt                            C.belief                    D.imagination
46. A.supposed                   B.noticed                         C.considered                   D.treated
47. A.lost                     B.got                                 C.continued           D.left
48. A.key                             B.answer                        C.equal                    D.suitable
49. A.into                    B.good at                         C.fit                                   D.able
50. A.put                             B.seated                          C.fixed               D.defeated
51. A.anxious                       B.ready                   C.fit                                   D.important
52. A.successful                  B.interested          C.impossible          D.unable
53. A.build                            B.choose                          C.move                             D.complete
54. A.catch                           B.look             C.hold                                 D.stay
55. A.important                  B.available             C.successful           D.meaningful

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A.tired B.weak C.poor D.slow

A.took B.threw C.sent D.put

A.impossible B.difficult C.helpless D.hopeless

A.decisions B.experience C.dreams D.beliefs

A.suggests B.promises C.seems D.requires

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A.touched B.surprised C.attracted D.warned

A.quiet B.calm C.relaxed D.happy

A.ready B.likely C.free D.able

A.case B.form C.method D.way

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