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涂黑。
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.

A．cost B．spent C．taken D．paid

A．like B．as if C．so D．nor

A．anywhere、 B．anyway C．anyhow D．somewhere

A．habits B．teachers C．grades D．work

A．promised B．convinced C．advised D．allowed

A．never B．ever C．always D．hardly

A．Fortunately B．Obviously C．Possibly D．Surprisingly

A．assure B．decline C．deny D．wait

A．school B．Colorado C．my home D．my decision

A．thrilled B．stressed C．wondered D．sneezed

A．cheap B．expensive C．low D．high

A．Englishmen B．Europeans C．the world D．Americans

A．a lawyer B．a brewer C．an instructor D．an engineer

A．astonished B．satisfied C．interested D．anxious

A．hated B．supported C．raised D．left

A．for B．at C．in D．after

A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．Also D．Yet

A．price B．name C．company D．party

A．advice B．life C．job D．experience

A．hard B．busy C．short D．long