“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever things weren’t going my way. “Don’t worry, one day your luck will change.”
Mother was right, as I discovered after I had finished my college education. I had decided to try for a job in radio. One day, I wanted to host(主持) a sports program. 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 my problem was that I hadn’t got enough experience. “ Get some work with a small station and work your way up,” she said.
I went back home. I couldn’t get a job there, either. Then my dad told me 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,” Mom said to me. Dad lent me the car to help me to look for my job. I tried another radio station in Iowa. But the owner, a nice man, told me he had already had someone.
As I left his office, I asked, “How can someone be a sports announcer(播音員) 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 put me in front of a microphone and asked me to try to imagine that I was giving my opinion on a football game, I succeeded.
On my way home, Mom’s words came back to me, “One day your luck will change, Son. And when it happens, it’ll feel doubly(加倍的) good because of all the hard work you’ve had.” At that moment I knew what just what she meant.
小題1: What’s the writer’s ideal (理想的) job?
A．A sportsmanB．A shop assistantC．A sports announcerD．A businessman
小題2:Why didn’t the writer get the job in Chicago? 
A．because he was too youngB．Because he didn’t get college education
C．Because he’s got a good-looking personD．Because he hadn’t got enough experience
小題3:Which of the following is true according to the article?
A．You just need wait for some time, then luck will come.
B．Luck will come if you try your best to do everything.
C．It’s important for you to wait for luck.
D．You should trust your mother.
小題4:The sentence “But I got turned down every time.” Means “______”
A．But I was refused every timeB．But I was successful every time
C．But I lost my way every timeD．But the door of every station was always closed
小題5:What’s the best title of this passage?
A．Mother’s wordsB．Everything Happens For The Best
C．No One Is Always LuckyD．To Find A Job In Radio Is Difficult

小題1:C
小題1:D
小題1:B
小題1:A
小題1:B
本文大意說作者想要找一個(gè)體育主持的工作，一開始并不順利，可是在父母的鼓勵下，經(jīng)過自己的努力和堅(jiān)持，最終如愿以償?shù)恼业搅俗约合胍墓ぷ鳌?br />1.從I wanted to host(主持) a sports program.可以看出作者想要主持體育節(jié)目，答案C “A sports announcer”一個(gè)體育播音員，符合題意.
2.從a kind lady said my problem was that I hadn’t got enough experience.一句可以判斷出選擇D.
3.從文章看作者經(jīng)過自己的努力和堅(jiān)持找到了工作，答案A僅僅等好運(yùn)就會來，答案C等好運(yùn)來臨是重要的，答案D應(yīng)該信任你的母親，以上都不符合題意.選B.
4.從上一句我敲開芝加哥每個(gè)電臺的門，后面用了but來表示轉(zhuǎn)折，應(yīng)該是每個(gè)電臺都拒絕了我，A符合題意.
5.考查對整篇文章的理解能力.A母親的話，B一切都會好的，C沒有人一直好運(yùn)，D在電臺找到一個(gè)工作室困難的.B為本篇開題，也最適合做本文標(biāo)題.
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