Question

“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something good will happen. And you’ll   16   that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous   17  .”

Mother was right,   18   I discovered after   19   from college in 1932. I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way   20   sports announcer. I hitchhiked（搭便车） to Chicago and knocked on the door of   21   station—and got   22   every time. In one   23  , a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t   24   hiring inexperienced persons. “Go out in the sticks and find a small station that’ll give you a   25  .” she said.

I thumbed 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 local   26   to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I   27  . The job sounded just right for me.   28   I wasn’t hired.

My disappointment must have shown. “Everything happens for the best,” Mom   29   me. Dad   30   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   31   hired an announcer.

As I left his office, my   32   boiled over. 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   33   I heard MacArthur calling, “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he stood next to me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an   34   game.

On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words: “if you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous disappointment”. I often   35   what direction my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.

16. A. realize	B. recognize	C. request	D. receive
17. A. disappointment	B. excitement	C. pressure	D. anxiety
18. A. what	B. as	C. when	D. how
19. A. studying	B. working	C. living	D. graduating
20. A. up to	B. out at	C. up for	D. down to
21. A. every	B. many	C. a few	D. some
22. A. taken down	B. broken down	C. turned down	D. put down
23. A. room	B. image	C. studio	D. stage
24. A. risk	B. avoid	C. mind	D. regret
25. A. trouble	B. chance	C. choice	D. change
26. A. adviser	B. athlete	C. photographer	D. composer
27. A. applied	B. assisted	C. approved	D. admitted
28. A. And	B. But	C. However	D. So
29. A. reminded	B. praised	C. demanded	D. informed
30. A. supplied	B. provided	C. prepared	D. offered
31. A. still	B. even	C. already	D. yet
32. A. distinction	B. frustration	C. impression	D. expression
33. A. until	B. when	C. while	D. as
34. A. visible	B. bitterness	C. imaginary	D. satisfactory
35. A. think	B. suspect	C. doubt	D. wonder

Answer 1

16—20     AABDA

21—25     ACCAB

26—30     BABAD

31—35     CBBCD