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"Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. "If you carry on, one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened without that previous disappointment."
Mother was right, as 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 announcer. I hitchhiked（搭便车）to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station and got turned down every time.
In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn't risk hiring an inexperienced person. "Go out in the sticks and find a small station that'll give you a chance," she said.
So I returned to my hometown--Dixon, Illinois. While there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports department. The job sounded just right for me. But I wasn't hired.
My disappointment must have shown. "Everything happens for the best," Mom reminded me. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director named Peter MacArthur told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, my frustration boiled over. I asked aloud, "How can a fellow get to be a sports 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 sports? Do you know anything about football?" Then he asked me to broadcast an imaginary game before a microphone.
On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother's words. I often wonder what direction my life might have taken if I'd gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.
60. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. No pains, no gains. B. All roads lead to Rome
C. Practice makes perfect D. Where there is a will, there is a way.
61. According to the passage, the author .
A. managed to get a job at Montgomery Ward.
B. found a job in Chicago after graduation from college.
C. finally worked as a sports announcer at WOC Radio in Davenport.
D. thought he had to find other jobs first if he wanted to be a sports annoucer.
62. Who is most likely to affect him in finding the job?
A. his father B. his mother C. a kind lady. D. Peter MacArthur
63. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 6 probably means the author .
A. felt calm B. felt confused C. became stressed D. became mad
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Lose – Win is weak. It’s easy to get stepped on. It’s easy to be the nice guy. It’s easy to give in, all in the name of being a peacemaker.
A girl named Jenny once told me about her 1 in the world of Lose Win during her eighth – grade year before she finally broke 2 .
My 3 with my mom all started one day 4 she said to me sarcastically (讽刺地), “Wow, you’re surely lively today.” I 5 it so literally (字面地) that then and there I decided to close myself off from her and never 6 back to her. So every time she would say something 7 I disagreed with her, I would just say, “Okay, 8 you want, Mom.” But it really got cold quickly. And my 9 began to build. One night I talked to my mom about the school homework and she said, “Oh, that’s 10 ” and then went back to mopping the floor.
“Don’t you even 11 ?” I thought. But I didn’t say anything and stormed off. She had no idea I was 12 upset. She would have been willing to talk to me had I 13 her how important it was to me.
At last, I just blew up. “Mom, this has got to 14 . You tell me everything you want me to do and I just do it because it’s 15 than if fighting. Well, I’m sick of it.” This all came as a 16 to her.
After my blow – up, it was really rocky for a while. We felt like we were 17 all over in our relationship. But it’s getting better all the time. We discuss things now and I always 18 my feeling with her.
If you adopt Lose – Win as your basic 19 toward life, then people will wipe their dirty feet on you. You’ll also be 20 your true feelings deep inside. And that’s not healthy.
1．A．wanderings B．disappointment C．lessons D．helplessness
2．A．out B．down C．up D．free
3．A．relationship B．problems C．quarrels D．improvement
4．A．as B．since C．when D．before
5．A．regarded B．treated C．received D．took
6．A．fight B．struggle C．talk D．turn
7．A．even if B．only if C．which D．as though
8．A．however B．whatever C．so much D．too much
9．A．coldness B．anger C．disagreement D．hope
10．A．true B．impossible C．nice D．important
11．A．care B．see C．say D．listen
12．A．also B．still C．even D．already
13．A．warned B．shown C．asked D．told
14．A．end B．change C．last D．stop
15．A．worse B．easier C．more D．less
16．A．surprise B．pleasure C．gift D．harm
17．A．going B．starting C．thinking D．reviewing
18．A．share B．have C．discuss D．improve
19．A．way B．method C．attitude D．theory
20．A．hurting B．waking C．storing D．hiding
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