Question

“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I was disappointed. “Don’t worry. One day your luck will change.”

I didn’t pay attention to her words. After finishing my college education, I decided to look for a job in a radio station. I wanted to host a sports programme. 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 to me that I hadn’t got enough experience. “Get to a small station and work for some time,” she said.

When I went back home, my dad told me that 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,” Mum said to me. Later, I tried another radio station in Iowa. But the owner, a nice man, told me he had already had someone to work for him. 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 let me sit in front of a microphone and asked me to try to imagine that I was giving my opinion on a football game, and finally I succeeded.

On my way home, Mum’s words came back to me, “One day your luck will change, Son.”

1.What was 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 a college education.

C．Because he was not a good-looking person.

D．Because he hadn’t got enough experience.

3.The sentence “I got turned down every time” means “　　　”.

A．I was refused every time	B．I was successful every time
C．I lost my way every time	D．The door of every station was closed

4.The writer got a job 　　　 in the end.

A．in Chicago	B．in his home town
C．in a college	D．in Iowa

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.D

【解析】文章讲述的作者在大学毕业以后寻找一份体育播报员的工作的经历。

1.事实细节题，根据第二段的 I decided to look for a job in a radio station. I wanted to host a sports programme可知作者想作为一个体育方面的播报员。

2.事实细节题，根据第三段的In one station, a kind lady said to me that I hadn’t got enough experience可知

3.推理判断题，根据后面的Get to a small station and work for some time可知，他被拒绝了，因为经验不足

4.事实细节题，根据倒数第二段I was waiting for the lift when I heard the man call, “What did you mean? Do you know anything about football?” He let me sit in front of a microphone and asked me to try to imagine that I was giving my opinion on a football game, and finally I succeeded可知，作者在Iowa被录取了