“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever things weren’t going my way. “Don’t worry, one day your luck will change.”

Mother was right, as I discovered after I had finished my college education. I had decided to try for a job in radio. One day, I wanted to host(主持) a sports program. 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 my problem was that I hadn’t got enough experience. “ Get some work with a small station and work your way up,” she said.

I went back home. I couldn’t get a job there, either. Then my dad told me 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,” Mom said to me. Dad lent me the car to help me to look for my job. I tried another radio station in Iowa. But the owner, a nice man, told me he had already had someone.

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 put me in front of a microphone and asked me to try to imagine that I was giving my opinion on a football game, I succeeded.

On my way home, Mom’s words came back to me, “One day your luck will change, Son. And when it happens, it’ll feel doubly(加倍的) good because of all the hard work you’ve had.” At that moment I knew what just what she meant.

1. What’s 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 college education

C. Because he’s got a good-looking person   D. Because he hadn’t got enough experience

3.Which of the following is true according to the article?

A. You just need wait for some time, then luck will come.

B. Luck will come if you try your best to do everything.

C. It’s important for you to wait for luck.

D. You should trust your mother.

4.The sentence “But I got turned down every time.” Means “______”

A. But I was refused every time      B. But I was successful every time

C. But I lost my way every time      D. But the door of every station was always closed

5.What’s the best title of this passage?

A. Mother’s words            B. Everything Happens For The Best 

C. No One Is Always Lucky     D. To Find A Job In Radio Is Difficult

One day after school Mr. Tillman found Philo Farnsworth making drawings on the blackboard in the school-room.
“What are you doing?” Mr. Tillman asked with interest. “ What are these drawings?”

“I want to invent things,” Philo answered, “and these are drawings of my first inventions.”
Mr. Tillman smiled to himself, “What is your invention?”
“I have an idea for a way of sending pictures through the air,” The boy answered. “Please just let me tell you about it. You are the only person who can understand what I have done.”
In 1922, even radio was new. The United States had fewer than 30 radio stations. But in 1922, a boy of 16 showed his teacher drawings for television!
In 1926, Philo worked as an office boy in Salt Lake City. Many important businessmen came into the office where he worked. One of these, George Everson , was from San Francisco. Like Mr. Tillman, Everson soon became interested in Philo. The shy, hard-working boy was like other office boys who Everson had known.
One evening Everson asked Philo to have dinner with him. After the meal, Philo began talking about his idea for Television. At first, Everson was not much interested in the invention. He listened only to be polite.
Many years later, Everson wrote a book telling about that evening with Philo. “As Farnsworth talked, he seemed to change,” Everson wrote, “His eyes lighted up , and he was no longer shy.” Talking freely about his invention, Philo Farnsworth was no longer an office boy--he was a scientist.
At the end of the evening, Everson was more interested than ever in Philo. And he was also interested in Philo’s idea for television.
After talking with Philo , Everson returned to San Francisco. There he brought together a number of important businessmen . Philo told them about his invention. The men became so interested in the young inventor that they gave $25,000 to help him work on his idea. Philo was only 20 years old, but here was his chance.
【小题1】What kind of drawings was Philo making on the blackboard one day?

To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor; you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your audience; you must be a clear speaker, with a good, strong, pleasant voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.

Watch a good teacher, and you will see that he doesn’t sit still before his class; he stands the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express feelings.

There are very important differences between the teacher’s work and the actor’s.

The actor has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand(预先).What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on the stage. A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience take an active part in his play: they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don’t understand anything, they say so. The teacher can’t learn his part by heart, but must invent it as he goes along.

I have known many teachers who are fine actors in class but are unable to take part in a stage-play because they can’t keep strictly to what another has written.

1.What does the underlined word “gifts” mean?

2.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

3.The skills of a good teacher are        .

4.From the passage, we know        .

5.The title of the passage is         .

完形填空(本题共15小题, 每小题1分, 共15分)
On my first day of high school, I met David. It was cloudy. When I went home after school, I saw a boy also walking back home. He was my classmate, David. He was carrying his books. 21._______ he was walking, I saw a group of kids rushing to him. David 22._______ and his glasses went flying. All his 23._______ fell on the ground. Then the kids ran away. He looked up and I saw sadness in his eyes. I helped him stand up and 24._______ his glasses. Then I saw there 25._______ a big smile on his face.
From then on, we became 26._______. The more I got to know David, the more I liked him. During the four years, we always studied, played together and had a 27._______ time.
On the day when we finished high school, I could see that he was 28._______ about his speech. So I said, “Don’t be stressed out. Believe in 29._______ and you’ll be the best!” Then he began, “Today is a good time to say 30._______ to those people who helped you succeed through the difficult years. Our parents, our teachers, but mostly our 31._______. Being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them. I’ll 32._______ you a story…” I just looked at the handsome popular boy amazingly when he told the story of the 33._______ day when we met each other.
All of us were 34._______. Everyone was listening to his story in silence. I saw his parents looking at me and smiling. I did not know the deep meaning 35._______ that moment. I know even a small action can change a person’s life. As you know, “Friends are angels to make us rise when our wings have problems flying.”