完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分） 阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 “Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I was faced with disappointment. “If youon, one day somethingwill happen. And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not for thatahead.” Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college. I had decided tofor a job in radio, thenmy way up to sports announcer. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station--got turned down every time. In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring a(n)person. So I went home to Dixon, Illinois. While I waswhat to do, my father said Montgomery Ward had a store and wanted a localto manage its sports department. The job sounded justfor me. But I wasn’t hired. My disappointment must have shown. “Everything happens for the best.” Mom me. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director told me they had already hired an announcer. Stepping out of his office with a broken heart, I asked, “How can aget to be a sports announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station.” I was waiting for the elevator when I heard the director calling, “What was that you said about? Do you know anything about?” I nodded. Then he stood me before aand asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. I did a 15-minute build-up, and was told I would beSaturday’s football game! On my way home, as I had done many times since, I thought ofwords: “If you carry on, ..”I often wonder what direction life might have 0if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.