IremembertheexactmomentIlearnedtheprincipleofpreparingforluck.Iwasonthewrestlingteam.Now,ifthere’sonethingIcantellyouaboutanysport,itisthatwrestlingisprobablythesportthathastheleast1.Thereareonlytwopeopl

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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 least1.There are only two people out on the mat, so you cannot2it on your teammates or your coach. And guess what? There is no3because we do the whole thing indoors, so you can’t say, “It was raining” or “It was snowing.” It makes 4to 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. We5had five people who were national champions. One of them was a guy6the name of John.
John had never been 7in any high school wrestling competition that I could remember, 8he was a national champion. There was nobody locally who could touch him.
One day, we 9a 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 particular10He rolled over, and his opponent11him halfway through his roll. He waspinned(压住)12!
The match was over.
I remember on the way home, one of our teammates tried to13John by saying, “Oh, he just got lucky.” John said, “That’s so stupid. The14presented itself, and he just took advantage of it.”
We used to have this big 15in our wrestling room that the coach had put there: “Luck is what happens when opportunity meets 16.”
John’s opponent was prepared to make use of this opportunity. The possibility of beating John was not17and he knew it. But he waited for the 18opportunity to present itself, and he defeated and pinned a five-time national champion.
In other words, the real19is “Be prepared!” It’s not just finding the opportunity; you have to be prepared to20it.

A.luck
B.risk
C.difficulty
D.opportunity
A.accuse
B.blame
C.doubt
D.keep
A.stress
B.injury
C.change
D.weather
A.reason
B.sure
C.safe
D.sense
A.also
B.even
C.too
D.once
A.under
B.for
C.in
D.by
A.hurt
B.met
C.trained
D.defeated
A.although
B.as
C.yet
D.until
A.went for
B.waited for
C.fought for
D.played for
A.act
B.step
C.task
D.move
A.fixed
B.threw
C.caught
D.carried
A.accidentally
B.fortunately
C.unfairly
D.immediately
A.control
B.comfort
C.convince
D.forgive
A.success
B.moment
C.opportunity
D.situation
A.warning
B.sign
C.sentence
D.note
A.occasion
B.challenge
C.time
D.preparation
A.obvious
B.strong
C.little
D.slight
A.equal
B.exact
C.rest
D.right
A.message
B.theme
C.key
D.suggestion
A.receive
B.follow
C.seize
D.save

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