&ldquo;Everything happens for the best,&rdquo; my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. &ldquo;If you can carry on, one...

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   “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(播音员). 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(申请). 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.”

（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

（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

（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.

（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

举一反三

根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。
My name is Bill. I get up at twenty to seven in the morning. Then I have breakfast. After breakfast I go to school. We have four classes in the morning. I have lunch at school, but on Sundays I have lunch at home with my family. I often have supper at home. I often help my mother cook. My mother is an English teacher, and she often helps me with my English.

   “It's 8:15 on a Sunday morning,” said the officer, Tidwell, “and this sort of thing seems an unlikely adventure(冒险) at such a time. Would you mind explaining?”
    The man was astonished(吃惊的) at the voice from behind. He turned about and said, “I know what you're thinking, officer, but it isn't true. It's a very funny mistake.”
   “I think you've just left this house in a manner rather than the usual one. That may be quite all right, but I'd like to make sure.” Tidwell took out his notebook and a pen. “Name, address and occupation and then, please tell me your story.”
   “Charlie Crane, lorry(卡车) driver, from Nottingham, 51 Brecon Street. My story?”
   “Yes, What were you doing like a fly on that wall, Mr. Crane?”
   “Well, I had a breakdown yesterday and had to stay the night here. The landlady's name is Mrs. Fern. She gave me breakfast at seven, and I was out of here in the right way and down at the lorry park by half past seven. It was only when I felt around for a cigarette that I realized I'd left $80 under the pillow(枕头) here. It's a habit I've got into. I even do it almost every day.”
   “I see. Why didn't you miss it when you meant to pay Mrs.? What's her name?”
   “I paid her last night. You've got to pay when you take the room, see? So I came rushing back, but it's Sunday, and she'd gone back to bed. I rang the bell and banged on the front door for ten minutes before I came round here. Up I went this pipe(管子) and the money was still there. You know the rest, and I hope you believe it because….”
   “Mr. Crane, whatever are you doing here? I thought you'd gone an hour ago.”It was Mrs. Fern.

阅读理解

I have a lot of friends. My best friend is Mai. She is 16 years old. She is 2 years older than me. We live in the same town and we began to know each other when we were very young. Now we are classmates. Mai is tall and thin, with long black hair. She has an oval face (椭圆的脸) with big eyes, a high nose and a small mouth. Mai is helpful (乐于助人的). When her friends have difficulties, she always tries her best to help them. Mai is one of the best students in our class. I like studying with her. She always helps me with my studies. Although we have the same hobbies and interests, we also have some differences. I am sociable and enjoy telling jokes. Mai, however, is serious and quiet. We believe in each other, so we are good friends. I hope we can keep our friendship forever (永远).

请根据短文内容，回答下面问题，每题不超过8个词

Cell Phone Madness

When I opened the box at my 12th birthday party, I couldn't believe my eyes. I had really got a cell phone!

As soon as I got to my school the next morning, I showed off my phone and asked everyone for their number. It felt like I didn't even exist in that class anymore. I wouldn't pay much attention to the teachers because I was too busy on my phone. Luckily I didn't get caught using it. I was pretty sure that the teacher did notice that I stopped paying attention to her because a week later we took a test and I got Grade D for the first time. To make matters worse, my mom had to sign the test. It was hard to show my mom the paper. She never expected “D” on my tests. Well, finally, I showed her and she couldn't believe it. She was angry but most of all, she was disappointed(失望的).

Weeks passed and my parents started to dislike the fact that I had a phone. They would say, “We have noticed that you never pay attention to us. It's like you have your own little world now and we don't communicate as much with your phone.” I acted like they were wrong, but then I started to wonder if it was true that I was spending too much time on the phone.

A week later I tried going a whole day without a cell phone and it didn't go that badly. I had so much fun because I was actually spending time with my family and paying attention to them. From that day, I had a different point of view towards cell phones.

Phones really take you away from the rest of the world．I'm not saying that phones are bad and not to use them, but you do have to spare some time to spend with your family and not get stuck with your phone all day. My phone took away time from my homework and from my family. It also affected my grades.

I will keep using my phone, but I will have it under better control.

阅读理解

Mr. and Mrs. Green come from Australia. They are in Beijing now. Mr. Green is a teacher in a high school.

He teaches English. He likes reading and running. He isn't good at cooking. His son. Jim, is a student. He is in the school football team. He likes playing football very much. He is the best football player in his class. He likes school too. He does his homework every day. Mrs. Green is a teacher, too. She can speak a little Chinese. She likes Chinese food. She doesn't like doing housework at all. But she likes cooking. They all like China very much.

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

September 28th is Good Neighbor* Day. Do you want to be a good neighbor? And what can you do to make the neighborhood a great place? Remember, it's never too late if we start with some new habits.

Stop and talk. You can do one thing to be a good neighbor—stop and talk with your neighbor. Say hello, talk about the weather, or talk about their pet dogs.

Everyone can do this very easily.

Don't be noisy. It's OK for you to watch TV or listen to music at your home in the late evening. But you need to turn them down*. And if you don't live on the first floor, do not play basketball or dance in the house.

Be helpful. Good neighbors are always happy to help each other. If you are free, you can help the old in the neighborhood do some cleaning. If you are good at playing a ball game, you can teach some children in the neighborhood how to play it.

If you can follow these, you will be a good neighbor for sure.

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