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When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could to dissuade(劝阻) me from becoming a brewer(酿酒师). He’d spent his life in local breweries,   36   making a living, as had his father and grandfather before him. So I did as he asked. I went to business school and got a highly paid job at a business-consulting firm.   37  , after working there five years, I was haunted by   38  . Is this what I want to be doing when I’m 50? I remembered that some time before, my dad had been cleaning out the attic and   39   some old beer   40  . “Today’s beer is   41   water that can hold a head,” he’d told me. I agreed. Americans pay good money for   42   beer, I thought. Why not make good beer for Americans using my family way? I decided to quit my job to become a brewer. When I told Dad, I was hoping he’d put his arm around me and get   43   about continuing tradition. Instead he said, “Jim, that is the   44  thing I’ve ever heard!”   45   Dad objected, in the end he became my new company’s first   46  , coughing up(支付) $40,000 when I opened the Boston Beer Company in 1984. Going from my fancy office to being a brewer was like mountain climbing: exciting, liberating and   47  . All my safety nets were gone. Once the beer was made, I faced my biggest   48   yet: no one had ever heard of it. I needed a name that was   49   and elegant, so I called my beer Samuel Adams,   50   the brewer and patriot(爱国者) who helped to found the Boston Tea Party. The only way to get the word out, I realized, was to sell direct. I filled my briefcase with beer and   51   every bar in Boston. Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Sam Adams Boston Lager won the top prize for American beer. The rest is history. It wasn’t supposed to   52   this way ---what ever does? ---but in the end I was   53   to be a brewer. My advice to all young entrepreneurs is simple: life is very long, so don’t   54   to make decisions. Life doesn’t let you   55  . 36. A. easily                  B. barely                C. sufficiently               D. adequately 37. A. Still                    B. Otherwise          C. Though                    D. Anyhow 38. A. fear                    B. desire                C. regret                       D. doubt 39. A. brought about      B. picked out         C. put down                 D. came across 40. A. receipts               B. cans                  C. recipes                            D. labels 41. A. basically              B. particularly        C. roughly                    D. exactly 42. A. inferior               B. superb               C. fake                         D. sour 43. A. miserable            B. amused             C. misty                       D. concerned 44. A. smartest                     B. dumbest            C. toughest                   D. rudest 45. A. As soon as          B. As much as        C. As far as                  D. As long as 46. A. employer             B. customer           C. salesman                  D. investor 47. A. inspiring              B. relaxing             C. frightening                D. pushing 48. A. opportunity         B. decision             C. obstacle                   D. defeat 49. A. respectable          B. recognizable       C. honorable                 D. understandable 50. A. after                   B. by                     C. as                            D. for 51. A. hit                      B. got                    C. called                       D. promoted 52. A. make out             B. reach out           C. work out                  D. set out 53. A. appointed            B. considered         C. destined                   D. intended 54. A. hesitate               B. need                  C. wait                         D. rush 55. A. delay                  B. plan                  C. dream                      D. prepare 答案：36-40 BADDC                           41-45 AACBB                     46-50 DCCBA                           51-55 ACCDB

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