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2012丰台一模 五、完形填空（共12分，每小题1分） “Everything happens for the best.” Whenever I faced disappointment, my mother would say this to me. After I graduated from 35_____ in 1932, I decided to find a job in radio as a sports announcer (广播员). I went to Chicago and knocked at the door of every station. But 36_____, I was refused every time. At one station, a kind lady told me that 37_____ stations wouldn’t hire an inexperienced person and 38_____ that I try my luck at smaller stations. Following her advice, I went back to Dixon, where I had grown up. There were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, and my father said a newly-opened store wanted a local athlete to work for it. I applied for the job, but I was refused 39_____. “Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me. Dad 40_____ me the car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter MacArthur, told me they had already 41_____ an announcer. As I left his office, my 42_____ boiled over.? “How can I become a sports announcer if I can’t get a job in a radio station?” I asked aloud. While I was waiting for the elevator, I heard someone 43_____. It was MacArthur. “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. 44_____ my performance, he offered me a chance to work there. On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words: “If you 45_____, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous (先前的) 46_____.” 272w 21sth Century total 358 35. A. family B. office C. college D. bank 36. A. immediately B. usually C. unluckily D. naturally 37. A. small B. big C. old D. new 38. A. agreed B. asked C. explained D. suggested 39. A. more B. again C. already D. finally 40. A. offered B. borrowed C. gave D. bought 41. A. chosen B. decided C. invited D. hired 4