“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.”
【小题1】After the writer graduated from college, he tried to look for a job in        at first.

“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.”
【小题1】After the writer graduated from college, he tried to look for a job in        at first.

阅读理解：

　Five months ago, I went to Beijing on business, While I was coming out of the Beijing Railway Station, a middle-aged woman came to me with a younger woman.

　“Hi, sir, where did you come from?” she asked.

　“I've just come from Hefei.” I answered at once, thinking that people in Beijing were so kind.

　“My younger sister came from the northeast. She needs a little bit of money to send a telegram（电报）to her family asking to post her some money. Can you lend her some? My sister is too shy to ask.” I felt sorry for them . Maybe some day I would also get into such trouble. So I gave them enough money to send a telegram.

　Five days later, I was coming into the Beijing Railway Station to take the train back to Hefei. Almost at the same place, another middle-aged woman came to . “Hi, sir, where are you going?”

　“I'm going to Anhui.”

　“I'm from the northeast. I want to send a telegram to my home for some money. Can you ...?”

　Once bitten, twice shy（一次被咬，下次胆小）.I shook（摇）my head.

　“No .There are too many people like you. I just can not afford（提供）it!”

　The woman made a long face at once.

　“If you have no money, that's all right . But what are you saying?”

　“I'm saying there are too many strangers asking me to give them money to send telegrams,” I raised （ 提高）my voice, Then she said something in a low voice and went away.

(1) The word “Railway” means ________.　　　

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A．train　　　  　　B．bus

C．shop　　　　    　　　D．plane

(2) When he arrived at the station, ________.　　　

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A．he was welcomed

B．he met two kind women

C．he was fooled

D．he met two good women

(3) He did not give the second middle-aged woman any money because .

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A．he had no money left

B．he had little money

C．she made money in the same way

D．she needed money

(4) These women came from _________ really.　　　

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A．the northeast　    　　B．Beijing

C．Hefei　　　　　  　　D．We don't know

(5) Which is true?　　　

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A．People at the station need money very much.

B．The women were poor.

C．The women lied to him.

D．The women lost their money.