“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced
Mother was right, which I
In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring
I went home to 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. Since Dixon was
My disappointment
As I left his office, my
I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur
A.falling | B.disappointment | C.pain | D.suffering |
A.put on | B.take on | C.carry on | D.get on |
A.previous | B.timely | C.later | D.difficult |
A.looked | B.searched | C.checked | D.discovered |
A.job | B.talk | C.interview | D.speech |
A.way | B.means | C.road | D.feet |
A.turned up | B.turned off | C.turned on | D.turned down |
A.inexperienced | B.beautiful | C.disappointed | D.experimented |
A.large | B.small | C.new | D.old |
A.when | B.the place | C.that | D.where |
A.admitted | B.applied | C.accepted | D.received |
A.refused | B.agreed | C.hired | D.managed |
A.can have shown | B.must have shown | C.should have shown | D.could have shown |
A.offered | B.provided | C.took | D.supplied |
A.ever | B.still | C.yet | D.already |
A.frustration | B.interest | C.anger | D.happiness |
A.news | B.sports | C.radio | D.story |
A.commanding | B.calling | C.whispering | D.suggesting |
A.reception | B.computer | C.desk | D.microphone |
A.imaginary | B.unbelievable | C.important | D.unexpected |
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