Unit 4 Sharing Using language课时作业

第一节 完型填空

　　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 one that has the least　1　. There are only two people out on the mat, so if you fail, you cannot blame it 　2　 your teammates or your coach. And guess what? There is no 　3　 because we do the whole thing indoors, so you can't say, "It was raining." or "It was snowing." It makes 　4　 to say wrestling is the sport with the least luck.

　　On our team were two world champions,　5　 one had been world champion five times. We also had five people who were national champions. One of them was a guy 　6　 the name of John. John had never been 　7　 in my high school wrestling competition that I could remember, 　8　 he was a national champion. There was nobody locally who could touch him.

　　One day, we　9　 a match with our biggest opponent. John went out on the mat, and about a minute and 30 seconds into the match he tried to make a particular 　10　. He rolled over, and his opponent 　11　 him halfway through his roll. He was pinned 　12　!

　　The match was over.

　　I remember on the bus on the way home, one of our teammates tried to　13　 John by saying, "Oh, he just got lucky." And John said, "That's so stupid. The opportunity presented itself, 　14　 he exploited it."

　　We used to have this big sign in our wrestling room that the coach had　15　 there. "Luck is what happens when opportunity 　16　 preparation."

　　John's opponent was prepared to exploit this opportunity. The probability of　17　 John was not strong, and he knew it. But he paid attention to the 　18　 opportunity to present itself, and he defeated and pinned a five-time national champion.

In other words, the real　19　 is Be Prepared. It's not just finding the opportunity; you have to be prepared to 　20　 it.