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I remember the exact moment I learned the principle of preparing for luck.
I was on the wrestling team. Now, if there’s one thing I can tell you about any sport, it is that wrestling is probably the sport that has the least 31 .There are only two people out on the mat, so you cannot 32 it on your teammates or your coach. And guess what? There is no 33 because we do the whole thing indoors, so you can’t say, “It was raining” or “It was snowing.” It makes 34 to say wrestling is the sport with the least luck.
On our team were two world champions; one of them had been a world champion five times. We 35 had five people who were national champions. One of them was a guy 36 the name of John.
John had never been 37 in any high school wrestling petition that I could remember, 38 he was a national champion. There was nobody locally who could touch him.
One day, we 39 a match with our biggest opponent(对手). John went out on the mat, and about a minute and 30 seconds into the match he tried to make a particular 40 He rolled over, and his opponent 41 him halfway through his roll. He waspinned(压住) 42 !
The match was over.
I remember on the way home, one of our teammates tried to 43 John by saying, “Oh, he just got lucky.” John said, “That’s so stupid. The 44 presented itself, and he just took advantage of it.”
We used to have this big 45 in our wrestling room that the coach had put there: “Luck is what happens when opportunity meets 46 .”
John’s opponent was prepared to make use of this opportunity. The possibility of beating John was not 47 and he knew it. But he waited for the 48 opportunity to present itself, and he defeated and pinned a five-time national champion.
In other words, the real 49 is “Be prepared!” It’s not just finding the opportunity; you have to be prepared to 50 it.
【小题1】. A．luck B．riskC．difficulty D．opportunity【小题2】. A．accuseB．blame C．doubt D．keep【小题3】. A．stressB．injury C．change D．weather【小题4】. A．reasonB．sure C．safe D．sense【小题5】. .A．alsoB．even C．too D．once【小题6】. A．underB．for C．in D．by【小题7】. A．hurtB．met C．trained D．defeated【小题8】. A．although B．asC．yet D．until【小题9】. A．went for B．waited for C．fought forD．played for【小题10】. A．actB．step C．taskD．move【小题11】. A．fixedB．threw C．caughtD．carried【小题12】. A．accidentally B．fortunately C．unfairlyD．immediately【小题13】. A．control B．fort C．convinceD．forgive【小题14】. A．success B．moment C．opportunity D．situation【小题15】. A．warning B．sign C．sentenceD．note【小题16】. A．occasion B．challenge C．timeD．preparation【小题17】. A．obvious B．strong C．little D．slight【小题18】. A．equalB．exactC．rest D．right【小题19】. A．message B．themeC．key D．suggestion【小题20】. .A．receive B．follow C．seizeD．save. A
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解析：31．A。作者认为和其他运动相比，摔跤毫无“运气”可言。本段最后也有线索提示。
32．B。垫子上只有两名选手(在进行实力的较量)，因而不能把比赛失利“归咎”于队友或教练。A项表示“控告；指控”，不符合常识。
33．C。根据后半句可知摔跤运动在室内举行，不受“天气”影响。
34．C。根据作者的上述解释可知说摔跤运动最不能靠运气的很有“道理”，make sense为固定搭配，“有意义，有道理”。
35．A。作者所在的队中既有世界知名冠军，“也”有国家冠军。
36．D。他们中有一个名叫约翰的小伙子。by the name of表示“名叫……的”。
37．D。根据本段最后一句可知在作者的记忆中他在高中任何摔跤比赛中都没有被“击败”过。
38．B。他之所以有如此辉煌的成就是“因为”他是国家冠军。
39．A。此处go for表示“参加”。fight for表示“为争取……而斗争”，与后面的宾语搭配不合题意。
40．D。在比赛中的最后关头，他试图做一个特别的“动作”以出奇制胜。
41．C。对手在他刚翻过一半身时“击中”了他。A项表示“固定；安装；修理”；B项表示“扔”；D项表示“携带”，都与比赛常识不符。
42．D。由于他被对手击中，他“瞬间”动弹不得。
43．B。他以前是常胜将军，未曾遇到过对手，如今却输给了对方，所以队友会来“安慰”他。
44．C。对手看到机会自动上门，自然会加以利用。此处表示顺承关系。
45．B。教练在摔跤房外“竖起”一块大牌子。
46．A。当机会“遇到”事先的准备后，就会有运气发生。
47．B。对手“打败”约翰的可能性不大，而且对手也十分清楚这一点。
48．D。但是他在关注时机，等待“适当的”时机自己出现。
49．A。换句话说，真正的“信息”是要作好准备。
50．C。不仅仅是发现机会，还必须准备好“抓住”机会。