2014届高考英语二轮专题复习突破精选：完形填空76.docVIP

2014届高考英语二轮专题复习突破精选：完形填空 1.A lesson of life Everything happens for the best, my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. If you can carry on, one day something 36 will happen. And youll 37 that it wouldnt have happened if not for that previous disappointment. After graduating from college, I 38 that mother was right. I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports announcer. I travelled to Chicago by getting 39 rides from drivers of passing cars and knocked on the door of every station-and got turned 40 every time. In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldnt 41 hiring inexperienced person-Go out in the countryside and find a small station thatll give you a 42 , she said. I returned home to Dixon, Illinois. While there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a 43 athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I 44 . The job sounded just 45 for me. But I wasnt 46 . My 47 must have shown. Everything happens for the best, Mom 48 me. Dad 49 me the car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer. As I left his office, I felt extremely 50 .I asked 51 , How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he cant get a job in a radio station? I was waiting for the elevator 52 I heard MacArthur calling, What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football? Then he stood me 53 a microphone (麦克风) and asked me to broadcast an 54 game. On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mothers words: Keep on trying until some day you succeed. Something wouldnt have happened if not for that previous failure. I often wonder what 55 my life might have ta