“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something good will happen.”
After graduating from college in 1932, I decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports announcer(播音员). I took the bus to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station. But I was refused every time. In one studio, a nice lady told me that big stations didn’t want to accept inexperienced persons. “Go to the countryside and find a small station that’ll give you a chance,” she said.
I returned home, Dixon in Illinois. While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Smith Ward had opened a store and wanted a local sportsman to manage its sports department. Since I had played high school football in Dixon, I applied(申请). The job sounded just right for me. But I still failed in the interview. At that moment, mom’s words came to my mind: “Everything happens for the best.” Dad offered me a car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport in Iowa. The program director, named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, I felt sad. I asked aloud, “How can a man become a sports announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”
I was waiting for the lift when I heard MacArthur calling, “What did you say about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he made me stand before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. As a result, I did a wonderful job and was told to broadcast Saturday’s game!
On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words again: “Everything happens for the best if you carry on. One day something good will happen.”
小题1:After the writer graduated from college, he tried to look for a job in at first.
A．Chicago
B．Dixon
C．Davenport
D．Illinois小题2:The writer couldn’t find a job in Dixon because .
A．he had played high school football
B．he did not pass the interview
C．he had no working experience
D．he had no interest in the job小题3: Which sentence below is TRUE?
A．In all, the writer went to three cities to look for the job.
B．The writer took the train to different places to look for the job.
C．The writer gave up finally when he was refused again and again.
D．MacArthur gave the writer a chance to broadcast Saturday’s game directly.小题4:The passage mainly tells us that .
A．it is hard to find a job
B．mother’s help is necessary
C．we should hope for the best
D．life is full of disappointment
