Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context.
“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I 36 disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that 37 disappointment.”
Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932.I had decided to try out a job in radio, then work my way up to sports 38 . I hitchhiked to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station and got turned down every time.
In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring inexperienced person. “Go out in the sticks and find a small station that’ll give you a 39 ,”she said.
I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois. 40 there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local 41 to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I 42 . The job sounded just right for me. But I wasn’t hired.
My disappointment must have 43 . “Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me. Dad offered 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 already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, my frustration 44 . I asked a1oud, “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 when I heard MacArthur 45 . “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an 46 game.
On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words. I often wonder what 47 my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Wa
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36. A. faced B. received C. considered D. met
37. A. old B. previous C. early D. original
38. A. layer B. manager C. announcer D. fan
39. A. job B. suggestion C. chance D. advantage
40. A. While B. When C. Which D. So
41. A. worker B. student C. announcer D. athlete
42. A. accepted B. agreed C. applied D. promised
43. A. come B. shown C. disappeared D. brightened
44. A. turned over B. hit over C. boiled over D. took over
45. A. murmuring B. calling C. whispering D. announcing
46. A. forceful B. close C. imaginary D. ordinary
47. A. side B. action C. approach D. direction
36-40 ABCCA 41-45 DCBCB 46-47 CD
本文主要围绕着母亲的教导“Everything happens for the best.”而展开故事，告诉我们不要畏惧困难和挫折！要坚持下去！一切都会为了更美好的未来而发生的。
36.A。固定搭配。face disappointment 意为“面对失望”。D选项met后要加with，meat with sth 意为“遇到某事”、“经历某事”。
37.B。该句句意是“你会认识到,如果没有以前的挫折就不会有现在的一切。”，因此，这里是指“以前的挫折（失望）”。
38.C。从下文44空之后的信息“How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?"可确定答案。
39.C。在语境中考查名词词义辨析。give sb a chance意为“给某人一个机会”。那位女士只能说“给一个工作机会“，而不是能肯定 “给一个工作”。
40.A。考查从句连接词的选择。根据语法知识分析，While 在此引导让步状语，意为“虽然，尽管”。
41.D。从上下文的逻辑看，该句句意为“…父亲说,蒙哥马利·沃德开了一家新商店,想雇请一个本地的运动员管理店里的体育部。我中学时曾在迪克森打过橄榄球,出于这个原因我去申请了这份工作。”
42.C。见上述解释。
43.B。从后面的内容可以推出，当时“我的沮丧心情一定表现出来了。”所以此时，“母亲（又）提醒我说。 “一切总会好的,"爸爸（还）给我买了一辆汽车找工作用。”。
44.C。考查动词短语辨析。boil over原意为“因沸溢出，发怒”，这里用于形容作者失望到了极点。其他几个短语意思分别为：turn over“打翻，移交给，翻身，翻阅”；hit over“撞到”；take over“接收；接管”。
45.B。根据上文“我正在等电梯时突然听到叫喊叫声。”得知B为正确答案。murmur 意为“喃喃自语”，whisper 意为“低声说”，announce意为“宣布”，这三个词与上下文不符。根据下文 “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?”这句话判断，calling表示“喊叫”。
46.C。在语境中考查形容词词义辨析。结合文章所提供的语境可以知道此时没有比赛，因此是想像中的比赛。
47.D。该句句意为“我经常想，如果（当年）我得到Montgomery Ward的那份工作，我的生活方向（人生之路）又会怎样走呢？”。