“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I 36 disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something 37 will happen. And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that 38 disappointment.”
Mother was right, 39 I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. I had decided to 40 a job in radio, then work my way up to sports 41 . I hitchhiked（搭便车） to Chicago and 42 on the door of every station—and got turned 43 every time.
In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring an 44 person –“Go out in the sticks（偏远地区） and find a small station that will give you a 45 ,” she said.
I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois. 46 there was no radio—announcing job in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to 47 its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football. I 48 . The job 49 just right for me. But I wasn’t hired.
My disappointment must have 50 . “Everything happens for the best,” Mom 51 me. Dad offered me the car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, my frustration 52 . I asked aloud, “How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”
I was waiting for the elevator 53 I heard MacAethur calling, “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to stand before a microphone and to broadcast a (an) 54 game.
On my way home, once again I thought of my mother’s words. I often wonder what 55 my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.
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解析：本文主要围绕着母亲的教导“Everything happens for the best.”而展开故事，告诉我们不要畏惧困难和挫折！要坚持下去！一切都会为了更美好的未来而发生的。
【小题1】A考查动词。face disappointment 意为“面对失望”。D选项met后要加with，meet with sth 意为“遇到某事”、“经历某事”。
【小题2】D考查形容词。“一切都会好的。如果你坚持下去,总有一天会有好事发生。”
【小题3】B考查形容词。该句句意是“你会认识到,如果没有以前的挫折就不会有现在的一切。”，因此，这里是指“以前的挫折（失望）”。
【小题4】B考查连词。 “母亲是对的,发现这个是在1932年,我刚从大学毕业。”as引导定语从句，代表前面的整个句子。
【小题5】C考查动词短语。“我已决定试着在电台找个事儿做,然后争取做体育节目的播音员。”try fortry for争取，谋求，申请。
【小题6】B考查名词。从下文的信息“How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?可确定答案。
【小题7】A 考查动词。“我搭便车到了芝加哥,挨个电台地敲门推销自己”。knock on敲门。
【小题8】D 考查介词。“但每次都被拒绝了”。turn down拒绝。
【小题9】C考查形容词。“一位好心的女士告诉我,大的广播电台是不会冒险雇用没经验的inexperienced新手的。”
【小题10】C 考查名词。give sb a chance意为“给某人一个机会”。那位女士只能说“给一个工作机会“，而不是能肯定“给一个工作”。
【小题11】B考查连词。根据语法知识分析，while 在此引导让步状语，意为“虽然，尽管”。
【小题12】D考查动词。从上下文的逻辑看，该句句意为“…父亲说,蒙哥马利·沃德开了一家新商店,想雇请一个本地的运动员管理manage店里的体育部。我中学时曾在迪克森打过橄榄球,出于这个原因我去申请了这份工作。”
【小题13】C考查动词。我去申请了这份工作。
【小题14】A考查动词。工作听起来挺适合我的.
【小题15】B考查动词。从后面的内容可以推出，当时“我的沮丧心情一定表现出来了。”所以此时，“母亲（又）提醒我说。“一切总会好的,爸爸（还）给我买了一辆汽车找工作用。”。
【小题16】D考查动词。见50解析。
【小题17】A考查动词短语。boil over原意为“因沸溢出，发怒”，这里用于形容作者失望到了极点。其他几个短语意思分别为：turn over“打翻，移交给，翻身，翻阅”；hit over“撞到”；take over“接收；接管”。
【小题18】D考查连词。when就在那时。
【小题19】C考查形容词。结合文章所提供的语境可以知道此时没有比赛，因此是想像中的比赛。
【小题20】D考查名词。该句句意为“我经常想，如果（当年）我得到Montgomery Ward的那份工作，我的生活方向（人生之路）又会怎样走呢？