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“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I   36  disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something   37  will happen. And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that   38  disappointment.”
Mother was right,   39  I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. I had decided to   40 a job in radio, then work my way up to sports   41  . I hitchhiked(搭便车) to Chicago and   42  on the door of every station—and got turned   43  every time.
In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring an   44  person –“Go out in the sticks(偏远地区) and find a small station that will give you a   45  ,” she said.
I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois.   46  there was no radio—announcing job in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to   47  its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football. I   48  . The job   49  just right for me. But I wasn’t hired.
My disappointment must have   50  . “Everything happens for the best,” Mom   51  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   52  . I asked aloud, “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   53  I heard MacAethur calling, “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to stand before a microphone and to broadcast a (an)   54  game.
On my way home, once again I thought of my mother’s words. I often wonder what   55  my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.

A.faced B.received C.considered D.met

A.useful B.helpful C.available D.good

A.old B.previous C.original D.early

A.when B.as C.that D.while

A.try out B.try on C.try for D.try over

A.player B.announcer C.manager D.fan

A.knocked B.arrived C.approached D.hunted

A.out B.off C.on D.down

A.unpracticed B.inpracticed C.inexperienced D.unexperienced

A.job B.suggestion C.chance D.advantage

A.When B.While C.Which D.So

A.work B.receive C.arrange D.design

A.accepted B.agreed C.applied D.promised

A.sounded B.became C.got D.grew

A.come B.shown C.disappeared D.brightened

A.recovered B.encouraged C.hugged D.reminded

A.boiled over B.turned over C.hit over D.took over

A.after B.as C.before D.when

A.forceful B.close C.imaginary D.ordinary

A.side B.action C.approach D.direction

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