阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36－55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项.
"Everything happens for the best." My mother said whenever I faced disappointment, "If you
36 one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous
37 ."
Mother was right. After graduating from college I had decided to try for a job in
38 , then work my way up to
39 . I got
40 on the door of every station every time.
In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn't
41 hiring an inexperienced person. "Go out in the sticks(边远地区) and find a
42 station that'll give you a chance." she said.
I thumbed(搭便车) home to Dixon, Illi.
43 there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local
44 to manage
45 sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high-school football, I
46 the post, but I wasn't hired.
My disappointment must have shown. "Everything happens for the best." Mom
47 me. I drove to Davenport, in Iowa. I
48 WOC Radio there. Peter Macarthur, the program director, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, my frustration(挫折感)
49 over. I asked aloud. "How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station ?" I was waiting for the
50 when I heard Macarthur calling. "What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about
51 ?" Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast a(an)
52 game.
I remembered a game we had won. I did a 15-minute buildup to that play, and Peter told me I would
53 Saturday's game!
On my way home, I thought of my mother's words,
54 I have many times since, "If you … , one day something good will happen...."
I often wonder what my
55 might have been like if I'd gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.
| 小题1: | | A．work hard | B．are brave | C．carry on | D．are lucky |
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| 小题2: | | A．problems | B．difficulty | C．disappointment | D．unemployment |
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| 小题3: | | A．sports | B．radio | C．shops | D．clubs |
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| 小题4: | | A．sports announcer | B．sports star | C．shop manager | D．film maker |
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| 小题5: | | A．turned away | B．turned down | C．turned in | D．turned off |
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| 小题6: | | A．like | B．decide | C．stand | D．risk |
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| 小题7: | | A．bigger | B．small | C．local | D．private |
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| 小题8: | | A．If | B．While | C．Unless | D．Until |
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| 小题9: | | A．businessman | B．college student | C．athlete | D．announcer |
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| 小题11: | | A．applied for | B．accepted | C．considered | D．refused |
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| 小题12: | | A．blamed | B．suggested | C．reminded | D．persuade |
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| 小题13: | | A．listened to | B．found | C．tried | D．expected |
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| 小题14: | | A．became | B．turned | C．went | D．boiled |
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| 小题15: | | A．lift | B．director | C．result | D．reply |
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| 小题16: | | A．radio | B．directing | C．football | D．broadcasting |
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| 小题17: | | A．live | B．imaginary | C．exciting | D．lively |
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| 小题18: | | A．join in | B．miss | C．broadcast | D．organize |
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| 小题20: | | A．dream | B．aim | C．life | D．failure |
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