“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I 36 disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something 37 will happen. And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that 38 disappointment.”
Mother was right, 39 I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. I had decided to 40 a job in radio, then work my way up to sports 41 . I hitchhiked（搭便車） to Chicago and 42 on the door of every station—and got turned 43 every time.
In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring an 44 person –“Go out in the sticks（偏遠地區(qū)） and find a small station that will give you a 45 ,” she said.
I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois. 46 there was no radio—announcing job in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to 47 its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football. I 48 . The job 49 just right for me. But I wasn’t hired.
My disappointment must have 50 . “Everything happens for the best,” Mom 51 me. Dad offered me the car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, my frustration 52 . I asked aloud, “How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”
I was waiting for the elevator 53 I heard MacAethur calling, “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to stand before a microphone and to broadcast a (an) 54 game.
On my way home, once again I thought of my mother’s words. I often wonder what 55 my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.
| 【小題1】 | | A．faced | B．received | C．considered | D．met |
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| 【小題2】 | | A．useful | B．helpful | C．available | D．good |
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| 【小題3】 | | A．old | B．previous | C．original | D．early |
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| 【小題5】 | | A．try out | B．try on | C．try for | D．try over |
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| 【小題6】 | | A．player | B．announcer | C．manager | D．fan |
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| 【小題7】 | | A．knocked | B．arrived | C．approached | D．hunted |
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| 【小題9】 | | A．unpracticed | B．inpracticed | C．inexperienced | D．unexperienced |
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| 【小題10】 | | A．job | B．suggestion | C．chance | D．advantage |
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| 【小題12】 | | A．work | B．receive | C．arrange | D．design |
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| 【小題13】 | | A．accepted | B．agreed | C．applied | D．promised |
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| 【小題14】 | | A．sounded | B．became | C．got | D．grew |
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| 【小題15】 | | A．come | B．shown | C．disappeared | D．brightened |
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| 【小題16】 | | A．recovered | B．encouraged | C．hugged | D．reminded |
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| 【小題17】 | | A．boiled over | B．turned over | C．hit over | D．took over |
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| 【小題18】 | | A．after | B．as | C．before | D．when |
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| 【小題19】 | | A．forceful | B．close | C．imaginary | D．ordinary |
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| 【小題20】 | | A．side | B．action | C．approach | D．direction |
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