LasteveningIwaswatchingtheeveningnewsontelevision.Thenewswasaboutaprizeforscientific___36___;Iforgotwhatitwas.Theannouncer,whosenamewasRalphStory,saidsomethingthatcaughtmy___37___.“Allgreatdiscoveries,”hesaid,“aremadebypeoplebetweentheagesoftwenty-fiveandthirty.”___38___alittleoverthirtymyself,Iwantedtodisagreewithhim.___39___wantstothinkthatheispasttheageofmakinganydiscovery.ThenextdayIhappenedtobeinthepubliclibraryandspentseveralhourslookingupthe___40___offamouspeopleandtheirdiscoveries,Ralphwasright.FirstIlookedatsomeofthe___41___discoveries.Oneoftheearliestdiscoveries,thefamousexperimentthatprovedthatbodiesofdifferent___42___fallatthesamespeed,wasmadebyGalileowhenhewas26.MadamCuriestartedherresearchthat___43___toNobelPrizewhenshewas28.Einsteinwas26whenhepublishedhisworld-changingtheoryofrelativity.Well,___44___ofthat.YetI___45___ifthose“bestyears”weretrueinother___46___.Thenhowaboutthefieldof___47___?Surelyitneedsthewisdomofagetomakeagoodleader.Perhapsit___48___,butlookwhenthesepeople___49___theircareer.WinstonChurchillwaselectedtotheHouseofCommonsattheageof26.AbrahamLincoln___50___thelifeofacountrylawyerandwaselectedtothegovernmentatwhatage?Twenty-six.Butwhy___51___bestyearscomeafterthirty?Afterthirty,I___52___,mostpeopledonotwanttotakerisksortry___53___ways.ThenIthoughtofpeoplelikeShakespeareandPicasso.Theformerwaswritingwonderfulworksattheripeageoffifty,whilethelatterwas___54___tryingnewwaysofpaintingwhenhewasninetyyearsold!Perhapsthereisstill___55___forme.36.A.inventionB.discoveryC.experienceD.progress37.A.mindB.headC.attentionD.name38.A.ForB.BeingC.HoweverD.As39.A.EverybodyB.SomebodyC.NobodyD.Whoever40.A.namesB.agesC.addressesD.education41.A.modernB.scientificC.lastD.oldest42.A.heightsB.sizesC.weightsD.things43.A.ledB.meantC.stuckD.referred44.A.plentyB.enoughC.muchD.none45.A.understoodB.trustedC.wonderedD.knew46.A.fieldsB.countriesC.coursesD.ages47.A.agricultureB.politicsC.industryD.society48.A.isB.willC.hasD.does49.A.finishedB.wentC.startedD.failed50.A.startedB.gaveupC.beganD.led51.A.don’tB.theC.canD.not52.A.believeB.knowC.guessD.agree53.A.otherB.newC.bestD.their54.A.alwaysB.stillC.seldomD.enjoying55.A.discoveryB.problemC.wishD.hope