通讀下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后從各題所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出一個最佳答案。

“Everything happens for the best.”Whenever I faced ____, my mother would say so.

After I ____ from college in 1932, I decided to find a job in radio as a sports announcer (廣播員). I went to Chicago and knocked at the door of every station. But ____ , I was refused every time.

At one station, a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn’t want an inexperienced person and suggested that I try my luck at smaller stations. Following her ____ , I went back to Dixon, where I had grown up. There were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, and my father said a newly-opened store wanted a local athlete to work for it. I asked for the job, but I was ____ again.

“Everything happens for the best,”Mom ____ me. Dad offered me the car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter MacArthur, said they had hired an announcer.

As I left his office, my frustration (挫敗感) boiled over.“How can I become a sports announcer ____ I can’t get a job in a radio station?”I asked aloud.

While I was waiting for the lift, I heard someone ____ my name. It was MacArthur.“What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?”Then he asked me to broadcast (廣播) an imaginary game. ____ with my performance, he offered me a chance to work there.

____ my way home, I thought of my mother’s words:“If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous (之前的) disappointment.”

1.A. disappointment B. challenge C. excitement

2.A. left B. returned C. graduated

3.A. badly B. unluckily C. certainly

4.A. advice B. order C. choice

5.A. taught B. suggested C. refused

6.A. visited B. reminded C. changed

7.A. as B. if C. until

8.A. calling B. singing C. shouting

9.A. Angry B. Unsatisfied C. Pleased

10.A. To B. On C. In

1.A 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.B 8.A 9.C 10.B 【解析】 文章講述了作者畢業(yè)后找工作的事情。 1.句意:無論什么時候我面對失望,我媽媽總是說“任何事情的發(fā)生都是最好的”。A. disappointment 失望; B. challenge 挑戰(zhàn); C. excitement激動;根據(jù)后文作者找...
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