"Everything happens for the best." my mother said whenever I felt disappointed. "
36 , and one day something good will happen. Then you'll realize it wouldn't have happened
37 the disappointment you had experienced
38 ." Mother was right,
39 I discovered after graduating from college, I had decided to try for a job
40 radio, then
41 my way up to a sports announcer. I hitchhiked (搭免费车) to Chicago and tried every station, but got
42 . In one studio, a kind lady told me big stations couldn't risk hiring inexperienced persons. "Try your luck in the
43 " she said.
I hitchhiked home to Dixon, Illinois, where there was no radio-announcing jobs. My father said a store wanted a local
44 to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was
45 I had played high school football, I
46 . The job sounded just
47 for me. But l wasn't hired.
My disappointment
48 have shown. "Everything harem for the best." Mother
49 . Then I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer. As I left his office, my disappointment boiled
50 . I asked aloud. "How can a fellow become a sport announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?"
I was waiting for the
51 when I heard MacArthur calling, "What was that you said about sports? You know something about football?" Then he
52 me before a
53 and asked me to broadcast a(n)
54 game.
On my way home, as I have many times
55 , I thought of my mother's words.
| 小题1: | | A．Get on | B．Carry on | C．Work on | D．Concentrate on |
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| 小题2: | | A．in spite of | B．regardless of | C．but for | D．instead of |
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| 小题3: | | A．previously | B．preciously | C．precisely | D．presently |
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| 小题7: | | A．declined | B．accepted | C．reduced | D．received |
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| 小题8: | | A．city | B．home | C．country | D．town |
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| 小题9: | | A．salesman | B．athlete | C．shop assistant | D．manager |
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| 小题10: | | A．in which | B．when | C．where | D．how |
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| 小题11: | | A．appealed | B．refused | C．agreed | D．applied |
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| 小题12: | | A．right | B．reasonable | C．improper | D．stable |
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| 小题13: | | A．should | B．must | C．could | D．might |
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| 小题14: | | A．recommended | B．requested | C．reminded | D．required |
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| 小题16: | | A．lift | B．result | C．response | D．offer |
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| 小题17: | | A．told | B．stood | C．showed | D．helped |
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| 小题18: | | A．radio | B．station | C．TV | D．microphone |
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| 小题19: | | A．live | B．ordinary | C．imaginary | D．fierce |
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| 小题20: | | A．before | B．since | C．until | D．unless |
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