【正文】 my parents didn’t think this was a great 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 to Colorado to bee an instructor at Outward years later， I was ready to go back to finished Harvard and got a highly paid job at the Boston Consulting ， after working there five years， I this what I want to be doing when I’m 50 ？ At that time，Americans paid __46__ money for beer in low not make good beer for __47__？ I thought. I decided to give up my job to bee I told Dad， he was __49__，but in the end he __50__ called my beer Samuel Adams， __51__ the brewer and patriot(愛國者 ) who helped to start the Boston Tea I sold the beer direct to beer drinkers to get __53__ weeks later， at the Great American Beer Festival， Sam Adams Boston Lager(淡啤酒 ) won the top prize for American the end I was destined(注定 ) to be a __54__ to the young is simple： Life is very __55__， so don’t rush to make doesn’t let you plan. 36． B． spent C． taken D． paid 37． B． as if C． so D． nor 38． B． nowhere C． where D． somewhere 39． B． teachers C． grades D． work 40． B． made C． advised D． allowed 41． B． ever C． always D． hardly 42． B． Obviously C． Possibly D． Properly 43． B． think C． stop D． wait 44． B． Colorado C． my home D． my decision 45． B． asked C． wondered D． knew 46． B． little C． much D． lot 47． B． Europeans C． the world D． Americans 48． lawyer B． a brewer C． an instructor D． an engineer 49． B． satisfied C． interested D． anxious 50． B． supported C． raised D． left 51． B． at C． in D． after 52． B． Otherwise C． Also D． Yet 53． B． name C． pany D． party 54． B． life C． job D． experience 55． B． busy C． short D． long 第三部分 閱讀理解 (共兩節(jié)，滿分 40 分 ) 第一節(jié) (共 15小題；每小題 2分，滿分 30分 ) 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng) (A、 B、 C和 D)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 just miles to go， I was out of call it “hitting the wall” ； I thought I couldn’t move another of nowhere， a teenager jogged up next to me and said， “What’s your name ，sweetie？ Jennifer？ Okay， Jennifer， let’s go ！ Come on！ It’s just around the corner ！You can do it！ ”And he ran with me until I picked up my found him at the finish line to thank him for the encouragement only to learn he wasn’t eve n supposed to be in the race that was running in place of someone else. I still shake my head when I think of these momentary angels that came to me at my point of you have any experiences like these? 56． Why did the author say she was in misery? A． Because she got into trouble with her friend. B． Because she couldn’t enjoy her meal quietly. C． Because her friend plained so much. D． Because she did poorly in her study. 57． What do you think of the man paying for the meal? A． He was generous and warm173。ready” and have a broad range of life ， work and social skills， business groups say. While parents and students alike worry about school grades and exam results，employers are looking for something that sets a potential employee apart from the average job seeker. Business Council of Australia spokesman Scott Thompson said that while education was important， it was the skills learned through extracurricular(課外的 )activities that really mattered to an employer. “Employers are increasingly focused on graduates who are job173。minded and not following the crowd. Yale University art professor Robert Farris Thompson says that the term “cool” goes back to 15th century West African philosophy(哲 學(xué) )． “Cool” relates to ideas of grace(優(yōu)雅 ) under pressure. “In Africa ， ”he writes ， “coolness is a positive quality which bines calmness， silence， and life.” The modern idea of “cool” developed largely in the US in the period after World War Ⅱ.“Post173。weariness...it went against the strict social rules of the time， ”write sociologists Dick Pountain and David Robins in Cool Rules： Anatomy of an Attitude. But it was the American actor James Dean who became the symbol for “co ol” in the hugely successful 1955 movie Rebel Without a plays a tough guy who disobeys his parents and the always gets the girl， smokes cigarettes，wears a leather jacket and beats up bullies(欺凌弱小者 )． In the movie， Dean showed what “co ol” would mean