2. 2011·河北邢臺(tái)市一模 ?完型填空

“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced ? 21 ?. “If you carry on, one day ? 22 ?good will happen. And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that disappointment ahead.”

Mother was ? 23 ?, as I discovered after graduating from college. I had ? 24 ? to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports ? 25 ?. I hitchhiked（搭車） to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station-And got turned ? 26 ? every time. In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring a(n) ? 27 ? person. So I went home to Dixon, Illinois.

While there were no ? 28 ?jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and ? 29 ?someone to manage its sports department.?

The job sounded just right for me. But I wasn’t ? 30 ?. My disappointment must have ? 31 ?. “Everything happens for the best.” Mom ?32 ?me.?

I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director told me they had ? 33 ?hired an announcer.

As I ? 34 ?his office, my frustration（挫折）boiled over. I asked ?35 ?, “How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can’t get a job in a ? 36 ?station.” I was waiting for the life when I heard ?37 ?calling,?“What was that you said about ?38 ?? Do you know anything about football?” Then he ?39 ?me before a microphone(話筒)and asked me to ? 40 ?an imaginary game. I did a 15-minute build-up, and was told I would be broadcasting Saturday’s game!

21．A．interviewsB．chancesC．disappointmentD．failures

22．A．nothingB．somethingC．a(chǎn)nythingD．everything

23．A．kindB．seriousC．wrongD．right

24．A．decidedB．learnedC．wonderedD．hoped

25．A．meetingB．a(chǎn)nnouncerC．playerD．program

26．A．offB．a(chǎn)wayC．downD．to

27．A．unknownB．famousC．strangeD．inexperienced

28．A．radio-managingB．TV-broadcasting

?? ? ?C．radio-announcingD．TV-announcing

29．A．a(chǎn)llowedB．wantedC．trainedD．refused

30．A．satisfiedB．discouragedC．hiredD．interested

31．A．shownB．goneC．changedD．disappeared

32．A．remindedB．warnedC．a(chǎn)skedD．called

33．A．neverB．stillC．yetD．a(chǎn)lready

34．A．enteredB．leftC．foundD．saw

35．A．a(chǎn)loudB．silentlyC．immediatelyD．quickly

36．A．railwayB．busC．radioD．TV

37．A．my motherB．my fatherC．the ladyD．the director

38．A．sportsB．radioC．meD．jobs

39．A．observedB．stoodC．watchedD．forced

40．A．playB．directC．designD．broadcast

答案：CBDAB ?CDCBC ?AADBA ?CDABD