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    “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.”
    小题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.
    小题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.
    小题3:The sentence “I got turned down every time” means “　　　”.
    A．I was refused every timeB．I was successful every time
    C．I lost my way every timeD．The door of every station was closed
    小题4:The writer got a job 　　　 in the end.
    A．in ChicagoB．in his home town
    C．in a college D．in Iowa

    小题1:C
    小题2:D
    小题3:A
    小题4:D
    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。
    小题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。
    小题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
    小题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
    小题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
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