2. 2011·河北邢台市一模  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（搭车） 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(话筒)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．anythingD．everything

23．A．kindB．seriousC．wrongD．right

24．A．decidedB．learnedC．wonderedD．hoped

25．A．meetingB．announcerC．playerD．program

26．A．offB．awayC．downD．to

27．A．unknownB．famousC．strangeD．inexperienced

28．A．radio-managingB．TV-broadcasting

      C．radio-announcingD．TV-announcing

29．A．allowedB．wantedC．trainedD．refused

30．A．satisfiedB．discouragedC．hiredD．interested

31．A．shownB．goneC．changedD．disappeared

32．A．remindedB．warnedC．askedD．called

33．A．neverB．stillC．yetD．already

34．A．enteredB．leftC．foundD．saw

35．A．aloudB．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