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“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you carry on,one day something 36 will happen.And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t have 37 if not for that previous disappointment.”
M0ther was right, 38 I discovered after graduating from college in 1932.I had decided to try for a job in radio,then work my way up to sports 39 .I hitchhiked(搭车)to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station—and got 40 every time.
In one studio.a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring an 41 person.“Go to the suburbs and find a small station that’ll give you a 42 ,”she said.
I thumbed home to Dixon,lllinois.While there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon,my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to 43 its sports department.Since Dixon was where I had played high school football,I 44 .The job sounded just right for me.But I wasn’t 45 .
My 46 must have shown.“Everything happens for the best,”Mom 47 me.Dad offered me the car to job 48 .I 49 WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director.Peter MacArthur,told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office,my annoyance 50 over.I asked aloud,“How can a fellow 51 .to be a spots announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”
I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling,“What was that you said about 52 ? Do you know anything about football?”Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to.53 an imaginary game.
On my way home,as I have many times since,J thought of my mother’s 54.I often wonder what 55 my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.
36.A.strange B.good C.funny D.boring
37.A.ended B.stopped C.happened D.changed
38.A.as B.that C.until D.when
39.A.coach B.judge C.assistant D.announcer
40.A.turned down B.picked out C.found out D.taken on
41.A.unimportant B.inexperienced C.impolite D.dishonest
42.A.1esson B.chance C.ride D.check
43.A.manage B.possess C.describe D.desert
44.A.retired B.quit C.applied D.refused
45.A.encouraged B.hired C.awarded D.disturbed
46.A.delight B.excitement C.surprise D.disappointment
47.A.reminded B.criticized C.inspected D.informed
48.A. hunt B.report C.description D.design
49.A.phoned B.tried C. introduced D.interviewed
50.A.rolled B.fell C.bent D.boiled
51.A.get B.fail C.pretend D.appear
52.A.music B.sport C.radio D.program
53.A.host B.watch C.broadcast D.guide
54.A.words B.promises C.manners D.dreams
55.A.stage B.action C.measures D.direction
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In the United States, I have a close friend named Jim Forest. When I first 1 him eight years ago, and we have a good time together. Last winter, Jim came to 2 . I usually wash the dishes after we've finished our 3 , before sitting down and drinking tea with everyone else. One night, Jim asked if he might do the dishes. I said, " 4 , but if you wash the dishes you must know the 5 to wash them." Jim replied, "Come on, you think I don't know how to wash the dishes?" I 6 , "There are two ways to wash the dishes. The first is to wash the dishes in order to have clean dishes 7 the second is to wash the dishes to wash the dishes." Jim was delighted and said, "I 8 the second way - to wash the dishes to wash the dishes." From then on, Jim knew how to wash the dishes. I 9 the "responsibility" to him for an entire week. While washing dishes, 10 we think only of the cup of tea that awaits us, thus 11 to get the dishes out of the way as if they were a(n) 12 , then we are not "washing the dishes to wash the dishes." What's more, we are not 13 during the time we are washing the dishes. 14 , we are completely incapable of 15 the miracle of life while standing at the sink. If we can't wash the dishes, the chances are we won't be 16 to drink our tea either. While drinking the cup of tea, we will only be thinking of other things, barely 17 of the cup in our hands. Thus we are sucked away into the 18 and we are incapable of actually 19 one minute of life. Try to wash the dishes the next time you wash the dishes, when your mind is 20 but on the dishes. | ||||
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