8 . Whenever I felt disappointed I often thought of what my mother had said to me, "Everything happens for the best. If you______, one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened but for that previous______. "
As it______, mother was right. In 1932, I ended my college life. ______ that, I had decided to try for a job in radio, and then could work my way up to a sports ______. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every______-but got turned down every time. In one studio, a ______ lady told me that big stations couldn't risk hiring a person who lacked ______. "Go to ______ town and find a little station that will give you a chance," she said. I then ______ to Dixon. While there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted an athlete to ______ its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I ______. The job sounded just right for me. But I wasn't ______.
My disappointment must have ______. "Everything happens for the best, " Mom ______ me. Then I ______ WOC Radio in Davenport. The program director named Peter MacArthur told me they had already ______ a contract with another announcer.
As I left his office, my disappointment ______ over. I asked aloud, “How can a fellow become a sport announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”
I was waiting for the lift when I heard MacArthur calling, “What was that you said about sports? You know something about football?” Then he stood me before a ______and asked me to broadcast a live game.
I often ______ what direction my life might have taken if I'd gotten the job at Montgomery Ward and if I didn't persist.
1. A.look on | B.get on | C.carry on | D.stay on |
2. A.successes | B.results | C.lives | D.disappointments |
3. A.carried out | B.turned out | C.figured out | D.looked out |
4. A.Before | B.After | C.Since | D.Although |
5. A.hostess | B.athlete | C.announcer | D.performer |
6. A.firm | B.school | C.store | D.station |
7. A.beautiful | B.strict | C.kind | D.cruel |
8. A.money | B.experience | C.appearance | D.knowledge |
9. A.busy | B.distant | C.big | D.small |
10. A.turned | B.saw | C.walked | D.added |
11. A.buy | B.manage | C.sell | D.show |
12. A.applied | B.refused | C.agreed | D.appealed |
13. A.employed | B.fired | C.fitted | D.satisfied |
14. A.disappeared | B.shown | C.fallen | D.responded |
15. A.recited | B.persuaded | C.advised | D.reminded |
16. A.tried | B.visited | C.passed | D.poured |
17. A.assigned | B.signed | C.designed | D.resigned |
18. A.appeared | B.disappeared | C.boiled | D.removed |
19. A.radio | B.station | C.studio | D.microphone |
20. A.doubted | B.intended | C.wondered | D.expected |