[1]"Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever I faced

〔1〕"Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever I faced disappointment.

" If you carry on, one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment."

〔2〕Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to a sports announcer. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station — and got turned down every time.

〔3〕In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn't risk hiring an inexperienced person. "Go out in the sticks and find a small station that'll give you a chance," she said.

〔4〕I returned home to Dixon, Illinois. While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I applied. The job sounded just right for me. But ______           _ .

〔5〕My disappointment must have shown. "Everything happens for the best," Mom reminded me. Dad offered 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.

〔6〕As I left his office, my frustration boiled over. I asked aloud, "How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?"

〔7〕I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling, "What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?" Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. I got the job!

〔8〕On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother's words: …

76. How did the writer discover that his mother was right? ( no more than 10 words )

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77. Fill in the blank with proper words in paragraph 4 to complete the sentence.

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78. Why did the writer say ''My disappointment must have shown'' in paragraph 5?

   Find details to support your idea.  ( no more than 20 words )

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79. Translate the underlined sentence in paragraph 1 into Chinese.

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80. What can you learn from the passage? （no more than 30 words）

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试题答案

76. Through his own experience in finding a job.

77. I wasn't hired./ I was turned down./ I didn't get it./ they didn't offer it to me. 

78. Because both his parents comforted and encouraged him: "Everything happens for the best," Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to job hunt.

79. 如果你坚持下去，总有一天会成功。

80. 略（只要表达正确，观点积极，即可得满分）