C
“Everything happens for the best.” Whenever I faced disappointment, my mother would say this to me.
After I graduated form college in 1932, I decided to find a job in radio as a sports announcer(廣播員). I went to Chicago and knocked at the door of every station. But unluckily, I was refused every time.
At one station, a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn’t hire(雇傭) a person without any experience and suggested that I try my luck at smaller stations. Following her advice, I went back to Dixon, where I had grown up. There were no such jobs in Dixon, and my father said a newly-opened store wanted a local athlete to work for it. I wanted this job, but I was refused again.
“Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, I felt so frustrated. “How can I become a sports announcer if I can’t get a job in a radio station?” I asked aloud.
While I was waiting for the elevator, I heard someone calling. It was MacArthur. “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to have a try. He was pleased with my performance, and he offered me a chance to work there.
On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words: “If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if without the failure before.”
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A．Because he never graduated from college.
B．Because he didn’t work hard in college.
C．Because he didn’t have much experience.
D．Because he didn’t know about sports.
小題2:Which of the following is the correct order of events?
a. The writer got a job as a sports announcer at a radio station.
b. The writer was refused when he wanted jobs in Chicago.
c. The writer graduated from college.
d. The writer went back to his hometown to look for a job.
A．cbdaB．cbadC．bcdaD．bcad
小題3: Which of the following is TRUE?
A．The writer’s parents didn’t want him to be a sports announcer.
B．There were no radio announcer jobs in the writer’s hometown.
C．The writer became uninterested in being a sports announcer.
D．The writer got a job as a sports announcer in Dixon at last.
小題4: According to the last paragraph, what did the writer’s mom want to tell him?
A．He shouldn’t be a sports announcer.
B．Disappointment leads to failure.
C．He should be proud of himself.
D．Everything will be OK if he keeps trying.

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D

試題分析：這是一篇富有教育性的短文。短文介紹了一位年輕人經(jīng)歷了一系列挫折，最終找到工作的故事。最后通過這位年輕人母親之口告訴我們：“遇到失敗時(shí)，如果我們堅(jiān)持努力，最終一切都會(huì)好起來的�！�
小題1:根據(jù)a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn’t hire(雇傭) a person without any experience可知選C。
小題2:通過閱讀短文可知選A為正確答案。
小題3:根據(jù)I went back to Dixon, where I had grown up. There were no such jobs in Dixon,可知選項(xiàng)B描述與短文一致，故選B。
小題4:通過理解最后一段可知選D，為正確答案，如果你堅(jiān)持努力，一切都會(huì)好起來�？键c(diǎn)：
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文很有教育性，理解不難。部分小題需要在理解全文后，自己總結(jié)出答案，難度較高。
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