“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I was disappointed. “If you go on, one day something good will happen.” When I graduated from college, I decided to try for a job in a radio station and then work hard to become a sports announcer (广播员).
I took a taxi to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station, but I was turned down every time because I didn’t have any working experience. Then, I went back home.
My father said Montgomery Ward wanted a sports-man to help them. I applied (申请), but I didn’t get the job, either. I was very disappointed.“Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me. Dad let me drive his car to look for jobs. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter MacArthur, told me they had already had an announcer. His words made me disappointed again. After leaving his office, I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling after me, “What did you say about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to broadcast an imaginary (虚构的) game. I did so and Peter told me that I would be broadcasting Saturday’s game!
On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words again:“If you go on, one day something good will happen.”
小题1:What kind of job did the writer want to get after he graduated from college?
A．A programmer.
B．A sports announcer.
C．A sportsman.
D．A taxi driver.小题2:Why couldn’t the writer get a job at first?
A．Because he didn’t want to get it.
B．Because he didn’t have any experience.
C．Because his parents didn’t agree with him.
D．Because no stations needed an announcer.小题3: Every time the writer couldn’t get a job, his mother ________.
A．said nothing to him
B．told him to give up
C．encouraged him to go on trying
D．advised him to get further education小题4:The underlined phrase “turned down” is closest in meaning to the word “______”.
A．asked
B．invited
C．refused
D．taken小题5:Which of the following is NOT true about the writer in the passage?
A．He disliked the job in Montgomery Ward.
B．He got a good job in Davenport, Iowa at last.
C．He was given a chance by Peter.
D．His father also gave him some help.
