Question

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context.
“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I  36 disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that  37  disappointment.”
Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932.I had decided to try out a job in radio, then work my way up to sports  38  . I hitchhiked to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station and got turned down every time.
In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring inexperienced person. “Go out in the sticks and find a small station that’ll give you a  39 ,”she said.
I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois.  40  there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local  41 to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I  42 . The job sounded just right for me. But I wasn’t hired.
My disappointment must have  43 . “Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, my frustration  44 . I asked a1oud, “How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”
I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur   45  . “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an  46  game.
On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words. I often wonder what  47 my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.  
36. A. faced                       B. received                    C. considered             D. met
37. A. old                          B. previous                    C. early                    D. original
38. A. layer                        B. manager                    C. announcer             D. fan
39. A. job                          B. suggestion                 C. chance                  D. advantage
40. A. While                      B. When                        C. Which                   D. So
41. A. worker                     B. student                      C. announcer             D. athlete
42. A. accepted                   B. agreed                       C. applied                  D. promised
43. A. come                       B. shown                      C. disappeared           D. brightened
44. A. turned over               B. hit over                     C. boiled over            D. took over
45. A. murmuring               B. calling                      C. whispering            D. announcing
46. A. forceful                    B. close                         C. imaginary              D. ordinary
47. A. side                         B. action                       C. approach               D. direction

Answer 1

36-40 ABCCA 41-45 DCBCB 46-47 CD 

本文主要圍繞著母親的教導(dǎo)“Everything happens for the best.”而展開故事，告訴我們不要畏懼困難和挫折！要堅持下去！一切都會為了更美好的未來而發(fā)生的。
36.A。固定搭配。face disappointment 意為“面對失望”。D選項met后要加with，meat with sth 意為“遇到某事”、“經(jīng)歷某事”。
37.B。該句句意是“你會認(rèn)識到,如果沒有以前的挫折就不會有現(xiàn)在的一切�！保�因此，這里是指“以前的挫折（失望）”。
38.C。從下文44空之后的信息“How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?"可確定答案。
39.C。在語境中考查名詞詞義辨析。give sb a chance意為“給某人一個機會”。那位女士只能說“給一個工作機會“，而不是能肯定 “給一個工作”。
40.A�？疾閺木溥B接詞的選擇。根據(jù)語法知識分析，While 在此引導(dǎo)讓步狀語，意為“雖然，盡管”。
41.D。從上下文的邏輯看，該句句意為“…父親說,蒙哥馬利·沃德開了一家新商店,想雇請一個本地的運動員管理店里的體育部。我中學(xué)時曾在迪克森打過橄欖球,出于這個原因我去申請了這份工作�！�
42.C。見上述解釋。
43.B。從后面的內(nèi)容可以推出，當(dāng)時“我的沮喪心情一定表現(xiàn)出來了。”所以此時，“母親（又）提醒我說。 “一切總會好的,"爸爸（還）給我買了一輛汽車找工作用�！�。
44.C�？疾閯釉~短語辨析。boil over原意為“因沸溢出，發(fā)怒”，這里用于形容作者失望到了極點。其他幾個短語意思分別為：turn over“打翻，移交給，翻身，翻閱”；hit over“撞到”；take over“接收；接管”。
45.B。根據(jù)上文“我正在等電梯時突然聽到叫喊叫聲�！钡弥狟為正確答案。murmur 意為“喃喃自語”，whisper 意為“低聲說”，announce意為“宣布”，這三個詞與上下文不符。根據(jù)下文 “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?”這句話判斷，calling表示“喊叫”。
46.C。在語境中考查形容詞詞義辨析。結(jié)合文章所提供的語境可以知道此時沒有比賽，因此是想像中的比賽。
47.D。該句句意為“我經(jīng)常想，如果（當(dāng)年）我得到Montgomery Ward的那份工作，我的生活方向（人生之路）又會怎樣走呢？”。