Question

“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you carry on，one day something 36 will happen．And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t have 37 if not for that previous disappointment．”　

M0ther was right, 38 I discovered after graduating from college in 1932．I had decided to try for a job in radio，then work my way up to sports 39 ．I hitchhiked(搭車)to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station—and got 40 every time．

In one studio．a(chǎn) kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring an 41 person.“Go to the suburbs and find a small station that’ll give you a 42 ，”she said．

I thumbed home to Dixon，lllinois．While there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon，my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to 43 its sports department．Since Dixon was where I had played high school football，I 44 ．The job sounded just right for me．But I wasn’t 45 .

My 46 must have shown．“Everything happens for the best，”Mom 47 me．Dad offered me the car to job 48 ．I 49 WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director．Peter MacArthur，told me they had already hired an announcer．

As I left his office，my annoyance 50 over．I asked aloud,“How can a fellow 51 .to be a spots announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”

I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling，“What was that you said about　 52 ？ Do you know anything about football?”Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to．53 an imaginary game．　

On my way home，as I have many times since，J thought of my mother’s 54．I often wonder what 55 my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.

36．A．strange　　　　　　　 B．good　　　　　　　 C．funny　　　　　　 D．boring

37．A．ended　　　　　　　　 B．stopped　　　　　 C．happened　　　　 D．changed

38．A．a(chǎn)s　　　　　　　　　　　 B．that　　　　　　　　 C．until　　　　　　　 D．when

39．A．coach　　　　　　　　 B．judge　　　　　　　 C．a(chǎn)ssistant　　　　 D．a(chǎn)nnouncer

40．A．turned down　　　 B．picked out　 C．found out　　　　 D．taken on

41．A．unimportant　　　　 B．inexperienced　 C．impolite　　　　　 D．dishonest

42．A．1esson　　　　　　　 B．chance　　　　　　 C．ride　　　　　　　　 D．check

43．A．manage　　　　　　　 B．possess　　　　　 C．describe　　　　　 D．desert

44．A．retired　　　　　　　　 B．quit　　　　　　　　 C．a(chǎn)pplied　　　　　　 D．refused

45．A．encouraged　　　　 B．hired　　　　　　　 C．a(chǎn)warded　　　　 D．disturbed

46．A．delight　　　　　　　　 B．excitement　　　 C．surprise　　　　　 D．disappointment

47．A．reminded　　　　　　 B．criticized　　　　 C．inspected　　　　 D．informed

48．A. hunt　　　　　　　　　　 B．report　　　　　　 C．description　　　　　　 D．design

49．A．phoned　　　　　　　 B．tried C. introduced D．interviewed

50．A．rolled 　　　　　　 B．fell　 　　　　　 C．bent 　　　　　　　　　　 D．boiled

51．A．get　 　　　　　　　 B．fail　 　　　　　 C．pretend 　　　　　　　　 D．a(chǎn)ppear

52．A．music　 　　　　　 B．sport　 　　　 C．radio 　　　　　　　　　　 D．program

53．A．host　 　　　　　　　　　 B．watch　 　　　 C．broadcast 　　　　　 D．guide

54．A．words　 　　　　 B．promises　 　 C．manners 　　　　　　　 D．dreams

55．A．stage　 B．a(chǎn)ction　 C．measures D．direction

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