“Everything happens for the best.” Whenever I faced disappointment(失望),my mother would say this to me.

After I left college in 1932, I decided to find a job in radio as a sports announcer(广播员). I went to Chicago and knocked at the door of every station. But unluckily, I was refused every time.

At one station, a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn’t hire（雇佣）a person without any experience and suggested that I try my luck at smaller stations. Following her advice, I went back to Dixon, where I had grown up. There were no such jobs in Dixon, and my father said a newly-opened store wanted a local athlete(运动员)to work for it . I wanted this job, but I was refused again.

“Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.

As I left his office, I felt so frustrated(沮丧). “How can I become a sports announcer if I can’t get a job in a radio station?” I asked aloud.

While I was waiting for the lift, I heard someone calling. It was MacArthur. “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to have a try. He was pleased with my performance, and he offered me a chance to work there.

On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words: “If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if without the failure before.”

1.Why couldn’t the writer find a job at big radio stations?

A．Because he never graduated from college.

B．Because he didn’t work hard in college.

C．Because he didn’t have much experience.

D．Because he didn’t know about sports.

2.Which of the following is the correct order of events?

a. The writer got a job as a sports announcer at a radio station.

b. The writer was refused when he wanted jobs in Chicago.

c. The writer graduated from college.

d. The writer went back to his hometown to look for a job.

A．cbda             B．cbad             C．bcda             D．bcad

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The writer’s parents didn’ t want him to be a sports announcer.

B．There were no radio announcer jobs in the writer’s hometown.

C．The writer became uninterested in being a sports announcer.

D．The writer got a job as a sports announcer in Dixon at last.

4.According to the last paragraph, what did the writer’s mom want to tell him?

A．He shouldn’t be a sports announcer.

B．Disappointment leads to failure.

C．He should be proud of himself.

D．Everything will be OK if he keeps trying.

单词拼写（每空1分，共5分）
【小题1】At that time, I was so nervous that I didn’t know what     (do).
【小题2】I can’t solve the problem. Could you give some      (advice) to me?
【小题3】I     (run) along the street when the accident happened.
【小题4】Yesterday I got my report card, my math teacher gave me a          (disappoint) report. My father was angry with me.
【小题5】We don’t study Japanese at school. I learn it by      (I).

Hello,everyone!__ __John Green. I’m thirteen years old .__ _ is my sister, Kate. She is nine years old. We are___ England. ___ now we are in China. My father is an English____  at a school. My mother is a doctor. __ _works in a hospital. They work very hard(努力).

At___I ____ a good friend. His name is Lin Tao. He is ____too. He is from Shanghai. He is nice to me and I ____him.

1.A．I           B．I´m     C．My is       D．My am   

2.A．Her        B．It        C．This        D．He  

3.A．from        B．for       C．of          D．in 

4.A．And        B．So       C．But          D．/ 

5.A．work       B．friend   C．student      D．teacher 

6.A．She           B．Her     C．He        D．Him

7.A．classroom    B．home    C．school       D．class 

8.A．am           B．is       C．are         D．have

9.A．ten           B．eleven    C．twelve       D．thirteen  

10.A．spell         B．like        C．see           D．meet