中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台 词语填空 【一】 第一节 词语填空 通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。(共10小题，计10分) “Everything happens for the best.” Whenever I faced 1 . my mother would say so. After I 2 from college 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 3 ， I was refused every time. At one station, a kind lady me that big stations wouldn’t want an inexperienced person and suggested that I try my luck at smaller stations. Following her 4 , 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 asked for the job, but I was 5 again. “Everything happens for the best,” Mom 6 me. Dad offered me the car to look for a job. I tried woe Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter MacArthur, said they had hired an announcer. As I left his office, my frustration (挫败感) boiled over. “How can I become a sports announcer 7 I can’t get a job in a radio station ” I asked aloud. While I was waiting for the lift, I heard someone 8 my name. It was MacArthur. “What was that you said about sports Do you know anything about football ” Then he asked me to broadcast (广播) an imaginary game. 9 with my performance, he offered me a chance to work there. 10 my way home, I thought of my mother’s words: “If you carry on, one day something good happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous (之前的) disappointment.” 1. A. disappointment B. challenge C. excitement 2. A. left B. returned C. graduated 3. A. badly B. unluckily C. certainly 4. A. advice B. order C. choice 5. A. taught B. suggested C. refused 6. A. visited B. reminded C. changed 7. A. as B. if C. until 8. A. calling B. singing C. shouting 9. A. Angry B. Unsatisfied C. Pleased 10. A. To B. On C. In 【二】 As a young man from the city, there was nothing I liked better than Sunday afternoons at my grandfather’s farm in Western Pennsylvania. I can still recall one afternoon when I was eight years old. I had 1 to climb the stone walls near the farm ever since my first visit there. My parents would 2 agree. The walls were old and some stones were missing. Still, my desire(欲望) to climb across those walls grew so strong that finally one spring afternoon, I built up 3 to enter the living room , where the adults had gathered after Sunday dinner. “I, uh, I wanna, uh, can I climb the stone walls ” I said in a 4 voice. Everyone looked up. At once a chorus(异口同声) went up. “No!” they cried. “You’ll hurt yourself!” I wasn’t too 5 . The reply was just as I had expected. But, I was stopped by my grandfather 6 I could leave the room. “Now hold on just a minute,” I heard him say. “Let the boy climb the stone walls. He has to learn to do things for himself.” “ 7 .” he said to me, “come and see me when you get back ... ...
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