Question

“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something good will happen.”
After graduating from college in 1932, I decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports announcer(播音員). I took the bus to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station. But I was refused every time. In one studio, a nice lady told me that big stations didn’t want to accept inexperienced persons. “Go to the countryside and find a small station that’ll give you a chance,” she said.
I returned home, Dixon in Illinois. While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Smith Ward had opened a store and wanted a local sportsman to manage its sports department. Since I had played high school football in Dixon, I applied(申請). The job sounded just right for me. But I still failed in the interview. At that moment, mom’s words came to my mind: “Everything happens for the best.” Dad offered me a car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport in Iowa. The program director, named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, I felt sad. I asked aloud, “How can a man become a sports announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”
I was waiting for the lift when I heard MacArthur calling, “What did you say about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he made me stand before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. As a result, I did a wonderful job and was told to broadcast Saturday’s game!
On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words again: “Everything happens for the best if you carry on. One day something good will happen.”
【小題1】After the writer graduated from college, he tried to look for a job in        at first.

A．Chicago	B．Dixon
C．Davenport	D．Illinois

【小題2】The writer couldn’t find a job in Dixon because       .

A．he had played high school football

B．he did not pass the interview

C．he had no working experience

D．he had no interest in the job

【小題3】 Which sentence below is TRUE?

A．In all, the writer went to three cities to look for the job.

B．The writer took the train to different places to look for the job.

C．The writer gave up finally when he was refused again and again.

D．MacArthur gave the writer a chance to broadcast Saturday’s game directly.

【小題4】The passage mainly tells us that       .

A．it is hard to find a job

B．mother’s help is necessary

C．we should hope for the best

D．life is full of disappointment

Answer 1

【小題1】A
【小題2】B
【小題3】A
【小題4】C

解析試題分析：“一切總會好的”母親無論發(fā)生什么事都對我說�！皠e擔(dān)心,有一天你的運氣會改變�！眿寢屖菍Φ�，因為我發(fā)現(xiàn)，在我完成我的大學(xué)教育。我決定試著在電臺找個事兒做。我想主持體育項目。我去了芝加哥，但是我被拒絕了。在我回家的路上，想起媽媽對我說的話，“有一天，你的運氣會改變，兒子。當(dāng)它發(fā)生時，它會感覺加倍的好，因為所有的努力工作你已做到�！蹦且豢�，我知道她是什么意思。最后經(jīng)過努力終于找到了工作。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：作者大學(xué)畢業(yè)之后 ，他首先去哪里找工作了？分析原句：After graduating from college in 1932, I decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports announcer(播音員). I took the bus to Chicago句意：在1932年，我大學(xué)畢業(yè)。我決定去電臺找一份播音員工作。我乘坐公交車去了芝加哥。因此地點為芝加哥。故選A
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：作者為什么在德信不能找到工作？分析原文：Since I had played high school football in Dixon, I applied(申請). The job sounded just right for me. But I still failed in the interview.句意：面對德信工作我認(rèn)為很適合我，可是我面視依然失敗了。因此選擇第二項，面視失敗了。故選 B
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：下列句子描述正確的是哪一個？通過閱讀全文，我們理解到作者去了三個城市去尋找工作。第二項描述要改為他開車去找工作。第三項描述改為他一直沒有放棄希望。第四項描述改為問了作者幾個問題。故選A
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：短文主要告訴我們什么？在閱讀全文的過程中，作者在描述，每一次找工作失敗時，都會想起母親的話，于是又對未來充滿了希望。故選C
考點：人生百味類短文閱讀。