“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.”
【小题1】Why couldn’t the writer find a job at big radio stations?

One day, early in the morning on my way to work, I saw a little girl carrying a small Cambridge schoolbag. I could imagine that she must be proud of her schoolbag. The bag is designed for students, which can hold a lot of things, such as textbooks, pens and pencils, snacks and water! Students just carry it on their shoulders, and it is easy for them. I was really amazed by the wisdom of businessmen.

I remembered I had a green cloth bag, which was very rough, but strong. At that time I was short, so my mom made the bag rope shorter. After eating all the meals prepared by my mother, I said to her, “I will go to school now. Bye!” I ran to school with my classmates. At that time, this schoolbag was so light. When I jumped, it jumped. All things in this bag had a collision (碰撞.. They gave out cheerful sounds all the way along. At the time I was so happy.

As I grew older, the schoolbag became heavier and heavier. My green schoolbag could not be used any longer. The bag was worn down, the mouth was opened, and finally it came to an end. My mother bought me another bag, and it was very big. I liked the Mickey Mouse pattern. The bag had a few pockets and both sides of the bag could carry a bottle. It was convenient! I was happy to go out every day with the new bag. Five or six miles of the trip to school seemed as if it were a few steps away. That year I was 12 years old. Though my first schoolbag wasn’t made in the UK, and it was made by my mother herself, it was still a real Cambridge schoolbag in my mind.

1.________ caught the writer’s attention on his way to work.

A. A beautiful girl                B. A businessman                C. A Cambridge schoolbag          D. A student

2.The writer’s first schoolbag  ________.  

A. was a real Cambridge schoolbag             B. had many pockets                  

C. gave out cheerful sounds                         D. was made by his mother

3.“They” in the 2nd paragraph here refers to “________”.

A. the writer’s classmates

B. all the things in the schoolbag

C. the meals prepared by Mom

D. the ropes of the schoolbag

4.The writer changed his green schoolbag because ________.

A. it was broken                                    

B. the family got rich                                     

C. he wanted a new pattern               

D. it wasn’t made in the UK.

5.We can learn from the passage that ________.

A. wise businessmen make best schoolbags in the world

B. schoolbags brought the writer happiness when he was little

C. Cambridge schoolbags are very popular among the children

D. the writer’s mother was fond of making schoolbags

6.The best title of the passage is ________.

A. A clever mother

B. The history of schoolbags

C. My sweet childhood memory

D. Schoolbag and me

-Hi,Ann! I won the first prize in the English Speech Contest.

-Congratulations!And I guess your parents must____you.

The ideal (理想的) teacher may be young or old, tall or short, fat or thin. He should ______ his subject very well and like learning something about other subjects. The ideal teacher must be full of strong feelings of wonder or interest. He must ____ teach anything he himself is not ___ in. He should be like a man who can act and should not be afraid to ____ his feelings and tell other people what he likes and what he doesn't like clearly. He must like his students and respect them, and he must also respect himself and be proud of his work. __ he doesn’t, he cannot respect his students and _ respect from them. The ideal teacher should have an ___ of his students and be able to get on well with them. He needs students’understanding, too. The ideal teacher should be kind and ____ and he should give hope to his students to learn knowledge. The ideal teacher should see his students’ ___ so that he can know how to encourage the growth of ____ of his students. The ideal teacher is one who grows, learns, and makes himself better along with his students.

　　So what about the teacher around you?

1.A. like B. know C .choose D. remember

2.A. never B. ever C. even D. still

3.A. weak B. well C. interested D. strict

4.A. hold B. show C. pass D. keep

5.A. Since B. As C. If D. Because

6.A. give B. lose C. change D. win

7.A. excuse B. idea C. exercise D. understanding

8.A. forgetful B. helpful C. quick D. lucky

9.A. lists B. mistakes C. cards D. differences

10.A. each B. every C. one D. either

The teacher encourages us to          discussions at the English corner.