55．A．worse B．troublesome C．ordinary D．better
答案：36-40
BADCB 41-45 DACBD 46-50 ACBDD 51-55 ABCAD
51
辽宁省大连市第二十三中10-11学年高二上学期期中考试
“Everything happens for the best,” my
mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you 36 on, something good will happen some
day.”
Mother was right, as I
37 after graduating from
college. I had 38 myself for a sports announcer. So
I went to Chicago
to knock on the door of every station and was 39 every time. In one station, a kind
lady told me that 40 stations wouldn’t employ a
person without 41 since I had just graduated. “Go
out in the town and find a small station that might give you a chance,” she
said.
I returned to Dixon, 42 I had finished my high school
education and had 43 in
the school team. My father said that our town had built a store and wanted a
man to 44 its sports department. The job
sounded just 45 for me. But I wasn’t hired.
My disappointment had
46 as if by design.
“Everything happens for the best,” Mum 47 me. Dad lent me his car to look
for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport,
Iowa. The program director told
me they had already hired an/a
48 . 49 I left his office, I asked aloud,
“ 50 can a fellow get to be a sports
announcer if 51 can’t get a job in a radio station?”
Suddenly, I heard the director
52 , “Do you know
anything about football?” Then he asked me to come back and 53 an imaginary game. It was easy,
and I did it without difficulty. The director was 54 and told me I would be
broadcasting a game on the
55 Saturda
y.