Question

    When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could to discourage me from becoming a brewer. He’d spent his life in local breweries, ______ 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. ______, after working there five years, I was obsessed by ______. 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 ______   some old beer ______. “Today’s beer is ______ water that can hold a head,” he’d told me.

I agreed. Americans pay good money for ______ 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 ______ about continuing tradition. Instead he said, “Jim, that is the   ______ thing I’ve ever heard!”

____ Dad objected, in the end he became my new company’s first ______, coughing up $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 but ______. All my safety nets were gone.

Once the beer was made, I faced my biggest ______ yet: no one had ever heard of it. I needed a name that was ______ and elegant, so I called my beer Samuel Adams, ______ the brewer and patriot 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 ____ 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 ______ this way - what ever does? - but in the end I was ______ to be a brewer.

My advice to all young enterprisers is simple: life is very long, so don’t ______ to make decisions. Life doesn’t let you ______.

1.A.easily B.barely C.readily D.adequately

2.A.Still B.Otherwise C.Though D.Anyhow

3.A.fear B.desire C.regret D.doubt

4.A.brought about B.picked out C.put down D.came across

5.A.receipts B.cans C.recipes D.labels

6.A.basically B.particularly C.roughly D.exactly

7.A.inferior B.superb C.fake D.sour

8.A.miserable B.amused C.thrilled D.concerned

9.A.smartest B.stupidest C.toughest D.rudest

10.A.As soon as B.As much as C.As far as D.As long as

11.A.employer B.customer C.salesman D.investor

12.A.inspiring B.relaxing C.frightening D.pushing

13.A.opportunity B.decision C.obstacle D.defeat

14.A.understandable B.recognizable C.honorable D.respectable

15.A.after B.by C.as D.for

16.A.hit B.got C.called D.promoted

17.A.make out B.reach out C.work out D.set out

18.A.appointed B.considered C.destined D.intended

19.A.hesitate B.need C.wait D.rush

20.A.delay B.plan C.dream D.prepare

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.A

17.C

18.C

19.D

20.B

【解析】

本文为记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者转行做酿酒师的人生感悟。

1.考查副词辨析。句意：他一生都在当地的酿酒厂工作，勉强维持生计。A. easily容易地；B. barely几乎不，勉强地；C. readily乐意地；D. adequately足够地，充分地。根据前文“my dad did everything he could to discourage me from becoming a brewer“父亲不喜欢酿酒师这个职业，不希望作者当酿酒师，由此可以推断他勉强（barely）能养家糊口。故选B。

2.考查副词辨析。句意：尽管如此，在那里工作了五年之后，我仍然对自己的工作充满怀疑。A. Still仍然；B. Otherwise否则，不然；C. Though尽管；D. Anyhow无论如何。根据语境“Is this what I want to be doing when I’m 50?”可知，作者在怀疑自己50岁了是否还可以继续自己现在的事业？由此可知，工作五年后作者仍然对自己的工作充满怀疑。故选A。

3.考查名词辨析。句意：我还是被怀疑所困扰。这是我50岁时想做的事情吗? A. fear害怕；B. desire渴望；C. regret后悔；D. doubt怀疑。根据下文的问题可知，作者是对自己的工作持怀疑（doubt）态度。故选D。

4.考查动词短语辨析。句意：爸爸在清扫阁楼时偶然找到了一份啤酒的配方。A. brought about发生；B. picked out挑出；C. put down放下；D. came across偶然遇到。根据语境可知，在清扫阁楼时找到的，自然是偶然找到了（came across）一份啤酒的配方。故选D。

5.考查名词辨析。句意：爸爸在清扫阁楼时偶然找到了一份啤酒的配方。A. receipts收据；收条；B. cans罐子；C. recipes配方，秘诀；D. labels标签。根据下文作者父亲的评论以及“Why not make good beer for Americans using my family way?”可知，这里指找家里的有关制造啤酒的方法，即配方（ recipes）。故选C。

6.考查副词辨析。句意：现在的啤酒基本上都是水，只是表面上有些泡沫。A. basically基本上，主要地；B. particularly特别地；C. roughly粗略地；D. 地exactly准确地。根据“_6__ water that can hold a head”啤酒只是上面有些泡沫，根据常识只能是啤酒不纯。以及下文“Why not make good beer for Americans using my family way?”为什么不用我家的酿酒方式为美国人酿造好的啤酒呢？ 可知，现在的啤酒不好，基本是（basically）水，故选A。

7.考查形容词辨析。句意：我想，美国人花了大价钱买劣质啤酒。 A. inferior（质量等）低劣的；下级的，下等的；B. superb极好的；华丽的；丰盛的；C. fake赝品，假的；D. sour酸的。根据上文Today’s beer is ___6___ water that can hold a head,” 可知，啤酒的质量差（inferior）。故选A。

8.考查形容词辨析。句意：当我告诉爸爸的时候，我希望他能搂着我，为这个传统的（酿酒）延续而激动。A. miserable令人痛苦的，卑鄙的；B. amused愉快的；C. thrilled兴奋的；D. concerned担心的。根据后面的“I was hoping he’d put his arm around me ...”以及后面的“Instead he said, “Jim, that is the ___9___thing I’ve ever heard!”以及Dad objected可知，相反的是父亲极力反对，认为这是愚蠢的事。因此可推断出，作者原来希望父亲能搂着他，期望父亲为自己的决定感到高兴（thrilled）。故选C。

9.考查形容词辨析。句意：结果恰恰相反，他说：“吉姆，这是我所听到过的最愚蠢的话”。A. smartest明智的；B. stupidest最愚蠢的；C. toughest最艰难的；D. rudest粗鲁的。根据后文Dad objected可知，父亲认为这是我做的最愚蠢的（stupidest）决定，故选B。

10.考查连词辨析。句意：父亲尽全力反对我，但最终还是支持我了。A. As soon as一......就；B. As much as和......一样，尽最大量地；C. As far as和......一样远；D. As long as只要。根据第9小题可知，父亲认为这是我做的最愚蠢的决定，因此可知，父亲尽可能多地（As much as）反对我。故选B。

11.考查名词辨析。句意：最终他成了我新公司的第一个投资者。A. employer雇主；B. customer顾客；C. salesman销售员；D. investor投资者。根据下文coughing up(支付) $40,000 when I opened the Boston Beer Company in 1984.可知，父亲成了我的第一位投资者（investor）。故选D。

12.考查形容词辨析。句意：从我坐在豪华办公室到成为一名酿酒商，就像爬山一样:兴奋、自由但又令人恐惧。A. inspiring鼓舞人心的；B. relaxing令人放松的；C. frightening令人害怕的；D. pushing莽撞的。根据后文“All my safety nets were gone（我没有了安全感）”，可知，但又觉得有些害怕（frightening）。故选C。

13.考查名词辨析。句意：啤酒酿造好了，我遇到了最大的障碍就是没有人知道我的啤酒。A. opportunity机会；B. decision决定；C. obstacle；D. defeat打败。根据“The only way to get the word out, I realized, was to sell direct. I filled my briefcase with beer and ___16___ every bar in Boston.”，可知，为了让人知道我的啤酒，只有直销了。我带着啤酒到各个酒吧去。由此可知，此处是指我面临的最大障碍（obstacle）就是如何将它送到消费者手中。故选C。

14.考查形容词辨析。句意：我需要一个可以辨认的又优雅的名字，所以我给我的啤酒叫塞缪尔·亚当斯。A. understandable可理解的；B. recognizable可识别的，可承认的；C. honorable光荣的，可敬的；D. respectable可敬的。根据常识可知，为了让人们记住这种啤酒，他需要为它的啤酒取一个易于识别（recognizable）而又高雅的名字。故选B。

15.考查短语搭配。句意：所以我给我的啤酒取名为塞缪尔·亚当斯 。根据前面的“called my beer Samuel Adams,_15___”可知，此处考查的“call...by...”为固定搭配，意为“给 ...命名，把......叫做”，故选A。

16.考查动词辨析。句意：我在公文包里装满了啤酒，向一间间酒吧走去。A. hit击打，到达（某地），去某地；B. got得到；C. called打电话；D. promoted促进，提升。根据语境可知，作者公文包里装满啤酒，到达(hit)了波士顿的每一个酒吧。“hit”意思为 “到达（某地”。故选A。

17.考查动词短语辨析。句意：本来不应该这样发生的。A. make out理解，辨认出；B. reach out伸出；C. work out解决，（如期）发生，产生结果；D. set out动身，着手。此处表示结果本不应该发展成这个样子，因为一开始作者的父亲是不想让作者当酿酒师的。但最后我还是成为一名酗酒师。因此本来不应该是这样发生（work out），故选C。

18.考查动词辨析及固定搭配。句意：最终我注定要成为一名酿酒人。A. appointed任命；B. considered被认为是；C. destined命中注定的；D. intended打算。根据原文内容，作者最终还是当了酿酒师，由此可以断定，自己命中注定（destined）会当酿酒师。“be destined to...”为固定搭配，意为“注定做...”，故选C。

19.考查动词辨析及固定搭配。句意：我给所有年轻企业家的建议很简单：人生很长，所以不要急于做决定。A. hesitate犹豫；B. need需要；C. wait等待；D. rush匆忙，仓促。根据上一句“life is very long（人生很长）”，以及作者的经历可知，作者的建议是“不要急于（rush）做决定”。“rush to do...”为固定搭配，意为“急于做某事，匆忙做某事”。故选D。

20.考查名词辨析。句意：人生很长，生活不会让你计划。A. delay拖延；B. plan计划；C. dream梦想； D. prepare准备，根据前文内容“不要急于做决定”，可知作者是想表达“人的一生很长久，生活不一定按你的计划（plan）进行”。故选B。