| "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." |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 3. The sentence "I got turned down every time" means " ". |
| A. I was refused every time B. I was successful every time C. I lost my way every time D. The door of every station was closed |
| 4. The writer got a job in the end. |
| A. in Chicago B. in his home town C. in a college D. in Iowa |