"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."
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.
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.
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
4. The writer got a job in the end.
A. in Chicago
B. in his home town
C. in a college
D. in Iowa
