“Everything happens for the best.” Whenever I faced disappointment(失望),my mother would say this to me.
After I left college in 1932, I decided to find a job in radio as a sports announcer(廣播員). I went to Chicago and knocked at the door of every station. But unluckily, I was refused every time.
At one station, a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn’t hire（雇傭）a person without any experience and suggested that I try my luck at smaller stations. Following her advice, I went back to Dixon, where I had grown up. There were no such jobs in Dixon, and my father said a newly-opened store wanted a local athlete(運動員)to work for it . I wanted this job, but I was refused again.
“Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, I felt so frustrated(沮喪). “How can I become a sports announcer if I can’t get a job in a radio station?” I asked aloud.
While I was waiting for the lift, I heard someone calling. It was MacArthur. “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to have a try. He was pleased with my performance, and he offered me a chance to work there.
On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words: “If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if without the failure before.”
小題1:Why couldn’t the writer find a job at big radio stations?
A．Because he never graduated from college.
B．Because he didn’t work hard in college.
C．Because he didn’t have much experience.
D．Because he didn’t know about sports.
小題2:Which of the following is the correct order of events?
a. The writer got a job as a sports announcer at a radio station.
b. The writer was refused when he wanted jobs in Chicago.
c. The writer graduated from college.
d. The writer went back to his hometown to look for a job.
A．cbdaB．cbadC．bcdaD．bcad
小題3:Which of the following is TRUE?
A．The writer’s parents didn’ t want him to be a sports announcer.
B．There were no radio announcer jobs in the writer’s hometown.
C．The writer became uninterested in being a sports announcer.
D．The writer got a job as a sports announcer in Dixon at last.
小題4:According to the last paragraph, what did the writer’s mom want to tell him?
A．He shouldn’t be a sports announcer.
B．Disappointment leads to failure.
C．He should be proud of himself.
D．Everything will be OK if he keeps trying.

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D

試題分析：這是一篇富有教育性的短文。短文介紹了一位年輕人經(jīng)歷了一系列挫折，最終找到工作的故事。最后通過這位年輕人母親之口告訴我們：“遇到失敗時，如果我們堅持努力，最終一切都會好起來的�！�
小題1:根據(jù)a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn’t hire(雇傭) a person without any experience可知選C。
小題2:通過閱讀短文可知選A為正確答案。
小題3:根據(jù)I went back to Dixon, where I had grown up. There were no such jobs in Dixon,可知選項B描述與短文一致，故選B。
小題4:通過理解最后一段可知選D，為正確答案，如果你堅持努力，一切都會好起來�？键c：
點評：本文中長句較多，一時很難讀懂句子含義，注意多讀幾遍，不要強求非得理解一詞一句的含義，能把握文章大意就行。然后帶著問題閱讀短文，一般就能順利找出答題依據(jù)。對于不能直接找到根據(jù)的問題注意聯(lián)系上下文，根據(jù)短文中心總結(jié)出正確答案。
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