A lesson of life
" Everything happens for the best, " my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. "If you can carry on, one day something will happen. And you'll that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment. "
After graduating from college, I that mother was right. I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports announcer. I travelled to Chicago by getting rides from drivers of passing cars and knocked on the door of every station-and got turned every time.
In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn't hiring inexperienced person-"Go out in the countryside and find a small station that'll give you a , " she said.
I returned home to Dixon, Illinois. While there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I . The job sounded just for me. But I wasn't .
My must have shown. "Everything happens for the best," Mom me. Dad 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, I felt extremely .I asked , " 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 I heard MacArthur calling, " What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?" Then he stood me a microphone (麥克風(fēng)) and asked me to broadcast an game.
On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother's words: " Keep on trying until some day you succeed. Something wouldn't have happened if not for that previous failure. " I often wonder what my life might have taken if I'd got the job at Montgomery
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解析試題分析:本文主要圍繞著母親的教導(dǎo)“Everything happens for the best.”而展開故事,告訴我們不要畏懼困難和挫折!要堅(jiān)持下去!一切都會(huì)為了更美好的未來(lái)而發(fā)生的。
【小題1】考查形容詞:A. good好的,B. bad壞的,C. interesting有趣的,D. important重要的,句意; “一切都會(huì)好的。如果你堅(jiān)持下去,總有一天會(huì)有好事發(fā)生。選A
【小題2】考查動(dòng)詞:A. hope希望,B. declare宣布,C. realize意識(shí)到,D. explain解釋,你會(huì)認(rèn)識(shí)到,如果沒有以前的挫折就不會(huì)有現(xiàn)在的一切。選C
【小題3】考查動(dòng)詞: A. announced 宣布,B. discovered 發(fā)現(xiàn),C. suggested建議,D. expected期待,我大學(xué)畢業(yè)的時(shí)候發(fā)現(xiàn)媽媽說(shuō)的是對(duì)的,選B
【小題4】考查形容詞:A. smooth順利的,B. short短的,C. comfortable舒服的,D. free自由的,免費(fèi)的,我是搭免費(fèi)的便車到芝加哥的,選D
【小題5】考查詞組:A. turn on打開, B. turn down調(diào)小,拒絕, C. turn in上交,D. turn up出現(xiàn),調(diào)大,每次“我”都被拒絕了。選B
【小題6】考查動(dòng)詞:A. advise建議,B. mind 介意,C. risk冒險(xiǎn),D. practise練習(xí),她認(rèn)為大的電臺(tái)不會(huì)冒險(xiǎn)錄用“我”這樣沒有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的人。選C
【小題7】考查名詞:A. choice選擇,B. promise 答應(yīng),許諾,C. result結(jié)果,D. chance機(jī)會(huì),找個(gè)小電臺(tái)會(huì)給你機(jī)會(huì)的,選D
【小題8】考查形容詞: A. professional 專業(yè)的,B. natural自然的,C. local當(dāng)?shù)氐,D. top頂尖的,父親說(shuō),蒙哥馬利·沃德開了一家新商店,想雇請(qǐng)一個(gè)本地的運(yùn)動(dòng)員管理店里的體育部。選C
【小題9】考查動(dòng)詞:A. volunteered志愿,B. responded 回答,C. registered登記,D. applied申請(qǐng),Dixon是我高中踢足球的地方,所以我申請(qǐng)了,選D
【小題10】考查形容詞:. A. right適當(dāng)?shù),正確的,B. special 特殊的,C. difficult困難的, D. correct正確的,工作聽起來(lái)挺適合我的,選A
【小題11】考查動(dòng)詞:A. fired解雇,B. identified識(shí)別, C. hired雇傭,D. interviewed采訪,面試,兩句話是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系,所以是:但是我沒被聘用。選C
【小題12】考查名詞:A. astonishment驚訝,B. disappointment失望,C. ambition決心,D. appreciation欣賞,我的失望一定是表現(xiàn)出來(lái)了,選B
【小題13】考查動(dòng)詞:A. admired欣賞,B. undersood 理解,C. blamed責(zé)備,D. reminded提醒,從前面的"Everything happens for the best,"可知媽媽提醒我,選D
【小題14】考查動(dòng)詞:A. offered提供,B. made制作,C. showed展示,D. returned回來(lái),爸爸提供車給我去找工作,選A
【小題15】考查形容詞:A. discouraged泄氣的,B. delighted高興的,C. embarrassed尷尬的,D. frightened害怕的,從前面的MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.可知離開辦公室時(shí),我感到泄氣,選A
【小題16】考查副詞:A. anxiously焦慮地,B. aloud大聲, C. carefully仔細(xì)地,D. politely禮貌地,我大聲的問(wèn):“一個(gè)連在電臺(tái)都找不到工作的家伙又怎么能成為體育節(jié)目的播音員呢?”選B
【小題17】考查連詞:A. if如果,B. as正如,C. while然而,D. when當(dāng)…時(shí)候,當(dāng)我正在等電梯的時(shí)候,我聽見MacArthur在喊,選D
【小題18】考查介詞:A. on在…上面,B. in在…里面,C. before在…前面,D. over在…上方,接著他讓我站到麥克風(fēng)前,選C
【小題19】考查形容詞:A. imaginary想象的,B. interesting有趣的,C. important重要的,D. intemational國(guó)際的,請(qǐng)我解說(shuō)一場(chǎng)想象中的比賽。選A
【小題20】考查名詞:A. effect效果,B. direction方向,C. aim目標(biāo),D. pleasure快樂(lè),如果我在Montgomery得到一份工作,我的人生會(huì)朝著什么方向發(fā)展,選B
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科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源: 題型:完型填空
In the middle of the night, Peter's wife suddenly fell ill. She couldn’t help crying,“Oh, my stomach (胃)! Get the !”
Peter, awaking from a deep sleep, thought his wife was only having a dream.
“Stop that noise.” he said to her. He turned over and tried to go to again, but his wife still cried out, “Oh, help! Help! I'm sure I'm !”
Peter got out of bed and started , but he could not find him any clothes.
“Where is my shirt?” he asked. His wife was ill to tell him, and she could only cry, “Oh, my stomach!”
As soon as he had put his clothes , he said, “Now, my dear, are you quite 44that you need the doctor? Surely you can wait morning, can't you?”
“No, I can't. Go, go, go.” his wife shouted,“ you will find me dead the morning.”
So Peter went out into the dark street. He had only gone a few meters he heard his wife calling him again.
“I'm again now, and I shall not want the doctor.” she said softly.
Hearing this, he started running as as he could towards the doctor's. When he arrived there, he knocked at the door loudly enough to wake around.
The doctor put his sleepy head out of the bedroom window and said, “Er? Who's there?”
“Oh, Doctor.”Peter said to him, “I've very news for you. My wife ill with a terrible stomachache (胃疼). I was on my way to bring you to her, but she called me back to say the trouble had suddenly her. So you need not come. Go back to now, and sleep well!”
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