Whenever I felt disappointed I often thought of what my mother had said to me,“Everything happens for the best.If you____,one day something good will happen.And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous____.”
As it____,mother was right.In 1932,I ended my college life.____ that,I had decided to try for a job in radio,and then could work my way up to sports ___.I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every____-and got turned down every time.In one station,a ____ lady told me that big stations couldn't risk hiring a person who lacked ____.“Go to ____ town and find a little station that'll give you a chance,” she said.I then ____ to Dixon.While there was no radioannouncing jobs in Dixon,my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted an athlete to ____ its sports department.Since Dixon was where I had played high school football,I ____.The job sounded just right for me.But I wasn't ____.
My disappointment must have ___.“Everything happens for the best,” Mom ____ me.Dad ____ me one car for me to job hunt.I ____ WOC Radio in Davenport.The program ___,a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur,told me they had already ___ a contract with another announcer.
I often ____ what direction my life might have taken if I'd gotten the job at Montgomery Ward and if I didn't persist.
小题1: | A.go on | B.hold up | C.look on | D.stay up |
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小题2: | A.successes | B.disappointments | C.lives | D.results |
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小题3: | A.carried out | B.looked out | C.figured out | D.turned out |
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小题4: | A.Since | B.After | C.Before | D.During |
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小题5: | A.announcer | B.athlete | C.hostess | D.performer |
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小题6: | A.firm | B.station | C.store | D.school |
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小题7: | A.beautiful | B.kind | C.strict | D.cruel |
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小题8: | A.money | B.knowledge | C.appearance | D.experience |
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小题9: | A.down | B.small | C.big | D.faraway |
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小题10: | A.walked | B.saw | C.added | D.turned |
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小题12: | A.refused | B.applied | C.managed | D.yelled |
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小题13: | A.fired | B.employed | C.fitted | D.satisfied |
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小题14: | A.disappeared | B.fallen | C.shown | D.responded |
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小题15: | A.reminded | B.persuaded | C.advised | D.recited |
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小题16: | A.lent | B.offered | C.sold | D.promised |
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小题17: | A.visited | B.tried | C.passed | D.poured |
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小题18: | A.boss | B.singer | C.photographer | D.director |
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小题19: | A.signed | B.assigned | C.designed | D.resigned |
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小题20: | A.doubted | B.wondered | C.intended | D.expected |
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