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"Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever I
1 disappointment. "If you can carry on,
one day something
2 will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that
3 disappointment."
Mother was right,
4 I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. I had decided to
5 a job in
radio, then work my way up to sports
6 . I hitchhiked to Chicago and
7 on the door of every station-and
got turned
8 every time.
In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn't risk hiring an
9 person-"Go out in the sticks
and find a small station that will give you a
10 ," she said.
I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois.
11 there was no radio-announcing job in Dixon, my father said
Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to
12 its sports department. Since Dixon
was where I had played high school football, I
13 . The job
14 just right for me. But I wasn't hired.
My disappointment must have
15 , "Everything happens for the best," Mom
16 me. Dad offered me the
car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, lowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named
Peter MacAethur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, my frustration
17 . I asked aloud, "How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if
he can't get a job in a radio station?"
I was waiting for the elevator
18 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)
19 game.
On my way home, once again I thought of my mother's words. I often wonder what
20 my life might
have taken if I'd gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.
( )1.A. faced
( )2.A. useful
( )3.A. old
( )4.A. when
( )5.A. try out
( )6.A. player
( )7.A. knocked
( )8.A. out
( )9.A. unpracticed
( )10.A. job
( )11.A. While
( )12.A. work
( )13.A. accepted
( )14.A. sounded
( )15.A. come
( )16.A. recovered
( )17.A. boiled over
( )18.A. after
( )19.A. forceful
( )20.A. side |
B. received
B. helpful
B. previous
B. as
B. try on
B. announcer
B. arrived
B. off
B. inpracticed
B. suggestion
B. When
B. receive
B. agreed
B. became
B. shown
B. encouraged
B. turned over
B. as
B. close
B. action |
C. considered
C. wonderful
C. original
C. which
C. try for
C. manager
C. approached
C. on
C. inexperienced
C. chance
C. Which
C. arrange
C. applied
C. got
C. disappeared
C hugged
C. hit over
C. when
C. imaginary
C. approach |
D. met
D. good
D. early
D. while
D. try over
D. fan
D. hunted
D. down
D. unexperienced
D. advantage
D. So
D. design
D. promised
D. grew
D. brightened
D. reminded
D. took over
D. before
D. ordinary
D. direction |