“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I was disappointed. “Don’t worry. One day your luck will change.”
I didn’t pay attention to her words. After finishing my college education, I decided to look for a job in a radio station. I wanted to host a sports programme. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station. But I got turned down every time.
In one station, a kind lady said to me that I hadn’t got enough experience. “Get to a small station and work for some time,” she said.
When I went back home, my dad told me that a businessman had opened a store and needed someone to help him. But again, I didn’t get the job.
I felt really down. “Your luck will change,” Mum said to me. Later, I tried another radio station in Iowa. But the owner, a nice man, told me he had already had someone to work for him. As I left his office, I asked, “How can someone be a sports announcer (播音員) if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”
I was waiting for the lift when I heard the man call, “What did you mean? Do you know anything about football?” He let me sit in front of a microphone and asked me to try to imagine that I was giving my opinion on a football game, and finally I succeeded.
On my way home, Mum’s words came back to me, “One day your luck will change, Son.”
【小題1】What was the writer’s ideal(理想的) job?

A.A sportsman.B.A shop assistant.
C.A sports announcer.D.A businessman.
【小題2】Why didn’t the writer get the job in Chicago? 
A.Because he was too young.
B.Because he didn’t get a college education.
C.Because he was not a good-looking person.
D.Because he hadn’t got enough experience.
【小題3】The sentence “I got turned down every time” means “   ”.
A.I was refused every timeB.I was successful every time
C.I lost my way every timeD.The door of every station was closed
【小題4】The writer got a job     in the end.
A.in ChicagoB.in his home town
C.in a college D.in Iowa


【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】A
【小題4】D

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