5.When I was a teenager,my dad did everything he could to dissuade(勸阻) me from becoming a brewer(釀酒師).He'd spent his life in local breweries,(41)A 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.(42)A,after working there five years,I was haunted by(43)D.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 (44)C some old beer (45)C"Today's beer is (46)C water that can hold a head,"he'd told me.
I agreed.Americans pay good money for (47)Abeer,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 (48)C about continuing tradition.Instead he said,"Jim,that is the (49)Dthing I've ever heard!"
(50)B Dad objected,in the end he became my new company's first (51)D,coughing up(支付) 40,000when I opened the Boston Beer Company in 1984.Going from my fancy office to being a brewer was like mountain climbing:exciting,liberating and(52)C.All my safety nets were gone.
Once the beer was made,I faced my biggest(53)B yet:no one had ever heard of it.I needed a name that was(54)B and elegant,so I called my beer Samuel Adams,(55)A the brewer and patriot(愛國者) 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 (56)A 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 (57)C this way---what ever does?---but in the end I was (58)A to be a brewer.
My advice to all young entrepreneurs is simple:life is very long,so don't(59)D to make decisions.Life doesn't let you(60)B.
41.A.barely | B.easily | C.sufficiently | D.a(chǎn)dequately |
42.A.Still | B.Otherwise | C.Though | D.Anyhow |
43.A.fear | B.desire | C.regret | D.doubt |
44.A.brought about | B.picked out | C.came across | D.put down |
45.A.receipts | B.cans | C.recipes | D.labels |
46.A.roughly | B.particularly | C.basically | D.exactly |
47.A.inferior | B.superb | C.fake | D.sour |
48.A.miserable | B.a(chǎn)mused | C.excited | D.concerned |
49.A.smartest | B.rudest | C.toughest | D.dumbest |
50.A.As soon as | B.As much as | C.As far as | D.As long as |
51.A.employer | B.customer | C.salesman | D.investor |
52.A.inspiring | B.relaxing | C.frightening | D.pushing |
53.A.opportunity | B.obstacle | C.decision | D.defeat |
54.A.respectable | B.recognizable | C.honorable | D.understandable |
55.A.a(chǎn)fter | B.by | C.a(chǎn)s | D.for |
56.A.hit | B.got | C.called | D.promoted |
57.A.make out | B.reach out | C.work out | D.set out |
58.A.destined | B.considered | C.a(chǎn)ppointed | D.intended |
59.A.hesitate | B.need | C.wait | D.rush |
60.A.delay | B.plan | C.dream | D.prepare |