“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something good will happen.”
After graduating from college in 1932, I decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports announcer(播音员). I took the bus to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station. But I was refused every time. In one studio, a nice lady told me that big stations didn’t want to accept inexperienced persons. “Go to the countryside and find a small station that’ll give you a chance,” she said.
I returned home, Dixon in Illinois. While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Smith Ward had opened a store and wanted a local sportsman to manage its sports department. Since I had played high school football in Dixon, I applied(申请). The job sounded just right for me. But I still failed in the interview. At that moment, mom’s words came to my mind: “Everything happens for the best.” Dad offered me a car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport in Iowa. The program director, named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, I felt sad. I asked aloud, “How can a man become a sports announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”
I was waiting for the lift when I heard MacArthur calling, “What did you say about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he made me stand before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. As a result, I did a wonderful job and was told to broadcast Saturday’s game!
On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words again: “Everything happens for the best if you carry on. One day something good will happen.”
【小题1】After the writer graduated from college, he tried to look for a job in        at first.

【小题1】Peter住在Mary 下面两层.
Mary _______ two floors ________ Peter.
【小题2】黑龙江在北京的东北部
Heilongjiang is _____ ______             of Beijing.
【小题3】我们家离学校1000米远.
My home is 1000 metres               the school.
【小题4】你能教我如何使用这相机。
Can you       me                      the camera?
【小题5】那男孩每天完成作业后迫不及待地打开电视.
The boy                                     the TV after        his homework everyday.
【小题6】我哥哥系红领带看起来好看.
My brother          nice      a red    .

1. The above information is about _________.

   A. famous physicists     B. great people    C. great directions    D. Nobel Prize winners

2. Francis Crick won the Nobel Prize before ________ years of his death.

   A. 32                B. 24           C. 42           D. 45

3. Peter Hall founded the Royal Shakespeare Company at the age of _________.

   A. 42                B. 92           C. 39           D. 29

4. ________ has 40 productions all over the world.

   A. The Peter Hall Company        B. The Royal Shakespeare Company

   C. The Arts Theatre              D. The National Theatre

Peter has an __________ book.

A. interesting            B. fun                   C. boring          D. difficult.