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阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—25各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案

　“Look up there!”shouted Lisa Katz. Jeff Katz stopped the car and 　1 　. Huge balloons drifted in the 　2 　—orange, red, yellow, green. They were not the 　3 　of balloons you get at the zoo. These balloons had baskets 　4 　them, and people were in the baskets.

　“　5　 would be crazy enough to go up in 　6 　thing?” asked Lisa. Jeff didn't say a word. He was thinking, “How can I 　7 　to fly in one of those 　8 　?”

　Jeff 　9 　to see his friend, Stanley. Stanley 　10 　in balloons many times. Jeff asked, “ 　11 　does it feel to fly in a balloon?” “I can say just one thing about it, Jeff. After you 　12 　through the sky in a balloon, you 　13 　to go up again.” “Stanley, can I 　14 　with you next time you go?”“ 　15 　. Jeff. We'll go tomorrow.”

　　16　 the next morning, the 　17 　men went to a large field. The balloon sat on the ground like a 　18 　elephant trapped by many 　19 　. The ropes connected the balloon 　20 　a basket.

　Stanley said, “When it's on the ground, the basket is 　21 　with bags of sand. The sand is heavy and 　22 　the balloon. Then the balloon is filled with hot air. The hot air will 　23 　the balloon. When I'm 　24 　for the balloon to go up, I'll throw out the bags of 　25 　.”

Surfing: It’s Not Just for Boys Any More

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The Brick

　　About ten years ago, a young and very successful manager named Josh was travelling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit fast in his 1 car.

　　He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars. 2 his car passed, no child rushed out, but a brick did and WHUMP! It 3 his shiny black side door! Josh 4 out of his car, grabbed the kid and pushed him up 5 a parked car. He shouted at the kid,“ 6 was that all about and who are you? Just what are you doing?”He went on with 7 “That's my new Jaguar, that brick you threw is going to cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?”

　　“Please, mister, please…I'm 8 ! I didn't know what else to do!” 9 the youngster.“I threw the brick 10 no one else would stop!”Tears were dripping down the boy's chin as he 11 around the parked car.“It's my brother, mister,”he said.“He rolled 12 the sidewalk and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't 13 him up.”Sobbing, the boy asked the manager,“Would you please help me get him 14 into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me.”

15　　 beyond words, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief 16 wiped the cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then 17 the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.

　　It was a long and slow walk back to his expensive car. Josh 18 did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the damage to 19 him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. Pay 20 to the bricks of life coming at to you.

When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could to advise me against becoming a brewer（酿酒人）. He’d　 36　 his life brewing beer for local breweries only to make a living, 37  were 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 grade 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 to 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 paid　 46　 money of beer in low 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 who helped to start the Boston Tea party.　 52　 I sold the beer direct to beer drinkers to get 53　out. Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Samuel Adams Boston Lager won the top prize for American beer. In the end I was destined 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.