“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I was disappointed. “Don’t worry. One day your luck will change.”
I didn’t pay attention to her words. After finishing my college education, I decided to look for a job in a radio station. I wanted to host a sports programme. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station. But I got turned down every time.
In one station, a kind lady said to me that I hadn’t got enough experience. “Get to a small station and work for some time,” she said.
When I went back home, my dad told me that a businessman had opened a store and needed someone to help him. But again, I didn’t get the job.
I felt really down. “Your luck will change,” Mum said to me. Later, I tried another radio station in Iowa. But the owner, a nice man, told me he had already had someone to work for him. As I left his office, I asked, “How can someone be a sports announcer (播音员) if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”
I was waiting for the lift when I heard the man call, “What did you mean? Do you know anything about football?” He let me sit in front of a microphone and asked me to try to imagine that I was giving my opinion on a football game, and finally I succeeded.
On my way home, Mum’s words came back to me, “One day your luck will change, Son.”
小题1:What was the writer’s ideal(理想的) job?
A.A sportsman.
B.A shop assistant.
C.A sports announcer.
D.A businessman.小题2:Why didn’t the writer get the job in Chicago?
A.Because he was too young.
B.Because he didn’t get a college education.
C.Because he was not a good-looking person.
D.Because he hadn’t got enough experience.小题3:The sentence “I got turned down every time” means “ ”.
A.I was refused every time
B.I was successful every time
C.I lost my way every time
D.The door of every station was closed小题4:The writer got a job in the end.
A.in Chicago
B.in his home town
C.in a college
D.in Iowa
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:D
文章讲述的作者在大学毕业以后寻找一份体育播报员的工作的经历。
小题1:事实细节题,根据第二段的 I decided to look for a job in a radio station. I wanted to host a sports programme可知作者想作为一个体育方面的播报员。
小题2:事实细节题,根据第三段的In one station, a kind lady said to me that I hadn’t got enough experience可知
小题3:推理判断题,根据后面的Get to a small station and work for some time可知,他被拒绝了,因为经验不足
小题4:事实细节题,根据倒数第二段I was waiting for the lift when I heard the man call, “What did you mean? Do you know anything about football?” He let me sit in front of a microphone and asked me to try to imagine that I was giving my opinion on a football game, and finally I succeeded可知,作者在Iowa被录取了