题型:完形填空 题类:常考题 难易度:困难
黑龙江省鹤岗市第一中学2018-2019学年高一下学期英语第二次月考试卷
Whenever I felt disappointed I often thought of what my mother had said to me, "Everything happens for the best. If you1, one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened but for that previous2. "
As it3, mother was right. In 1932, I ended my college life.4that, I had decided to try for a job in radio, and then could work my way up to a sports5. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every6-but got turned down every time. In one studio, a7lady told me that big stations couldn't risk hiring a person who lacked8. "Go to9 town and find a little station that will give you a chance," she said. I then10to Dixon. While there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted an athlete to11its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I12. The job sounded just right for me. But I wasn't 13.
My disappointment must have 14. "Everything happens for the best," Mom 15me. Then I 16WOC Radio in Davenport. The program director named Peter MacArthur told me they had already17a contract with another announcer.
As I left his office, my disappointment18over. I asked aloud, "How can a fellow become a sport announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?"
I was waiting for the lift when I heard MacArthur calling, "What was that you said about sports? You know something about football?" Then he stood me before a 19and asked me to broadcast a live game.
I often20what direction my life might have taken if I'd gotten the job at Montgomery Ward and if I didn't persist.
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