“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever things weren’t going my way. “Don’t worry, one day your luck will change.” Mother was right, as I discovered after I had finished my college education. I had decided to try for a job in radio. One day, I wanted to host(主持) a sports program. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station. But I got turned down every time.
In one station, a kind lady said my problem was that I hadn’t got enough experience. “ Get some work with a small station and work your way up,” she said.
I went back home. I couldn’t get a job there, either. Then my dad told me a businessman had opened a store and needed someone to help him. But again, I didn’t get the job.
I felt really down. “ Your luck will change,” Mom said to me. Dad lent me the car to help me to look for my job. I tried another radio station in Iowa. But the owner, a nice man, told me he had already had someone.
As I left his office, I asked, “How can someone be a sports announcer(播音员) if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”
I was waiting for the lift when I heard the man call. “ What did you mean? Do you know anything about football?” He put me in front of a microphone and asked me to try to imagine that I was giving my opinion on a football game, I succeeded.
On my way home, Mom’s words came back to me, “One day your luck will change, Son. And when it happens, it’ll feel doubly(加倍的) good because of all the hard work you’ve had.” At that moment I knew what just what she meant.
1.What’s the writer’s ideal(理想的) job?
A. A sportsman B. A shop assistant C. A sports announcer D. A businessman
2.Why didn’t the writer get the job in Chicago?
A. because he was too young
B. Because he didn’t get college education
C. Because he’s got a good-looking person
D. Because he hadn’t got enough experience
3.Which of the following is true according to the article?
A. You just need wait for some time, then luck will come.
B. Luck will come if you try your best to do everything.
C. It’s important for you to wait for luck.
D. You should trust your mother.
4.The sentence “But I got turned down every time.” means “______”
A. But I was refused every time
B. But I was successful every time
C. But I lost my way every time
D. But the door of every station was always closed
5.What’s the best title of this passage?
A. Mother’s words
B. Everything Happens For The Best
C. No One Is Always Lucky
D. To Find A Job In Radio Is Difficult
It was the golden season. I could see the leaves falling with the cool wind. For others, it is a harvest season, while for me, it is a（n） season. I was for the Postgraduate Entrance Examination. But so many unhappy things made me so tired, so I decided to have a walk along the Yanjiang Road in my university.
“Autumn is a lonely season and life is uninteresting. The days in this season always get me ”, I thought when the sound of a guitar flowed into my ears, like a stream flowing from the mountains. A young girl, sitting on the lawn, was lost in playing her guitar. She was a beautiful girl, when the wind blew her long hair. I had never seen her before. The music was so attractive that I listened quietly.
Lost in the music, I did not that I had been standing for so long. But my existence did not seem to disturb her. Leaves were still falling. Every day when I passed by the lawn, I would see her playing her guitar. She was the only and I was the only audience. During the rest of the days in the season, life became and I could review the courses carefully.
Autumn was over. One day, when I was listening devotedly, the sound suddenly stopped. To my surprise, the girl came over to me.
“You like the music,” she said.
“Yes, you play very well. Why did you stop?” I asked.
Suddenly, a expression appeared on her face.
“I came here just to have a rest because I in the college entrance examination. I felt very disappointed. And it was your listening every day that me,” she said, “and I have to go tomorrow.”
“In fact, it was your playing that gave me a autumn and helped me believe that I have the ability to pass the Postgraduate Entrance Examination.” I answered, “I think it was God who gave us the to know each other and we should be good friends.”
She smiled and I smiled in that beautiful autumn..
1.A. yellow B. green C. new D. empty
2.A. annoyed B. annoying C. bored D. boring
3.A. going B. waiting C. preparing D. caring
4.A. across B. down C. away D. out
5.A. mainly B. specially C. mostly D. especially
6.A. understand B. realize C. remember D. consider
7.A. performer B. artist C. reporter D. volunteer
8.A. boring B. interesting C. sad D. dull
9.A. nearly B. hardly C. already D. just
10.A. may B. would C. can D. must
11.A. excited B. angry C. sad D. worried
12.A. failed B. sent C. broke D. took
13.A. moved B. encouraged C. wondered D. saved
14.A. short B. meaningful C. relaxing D. successful
15.A. space B. gift C .chance D. luck
--- Have you been wasting time on cartoons again?
--- __________. I’ve been working all the time and I need a break.
A. I couldn’t agree more B. No way C. Not really D. That’s all right.
_______ ways to get on well with your classmates, or you will get yourself very lonely.
A. To find B. Find C. Finding D. Found
I’ve ____ all the phones in drawer, but I still can’t find the one you need.
A. opened up B. given away C. handed out D. looked through
Do you know the young lady _____ your mother is talking?
A. who B. whom C. with whom D. which
