阅读下面两篇短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。
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 competition 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 was pinned (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.
1.. A. luck B. risk C. difficulty D. opportunity
2.. A. accuse B. blame C. doubt D. keep
3.. A. stress B. injury C. change D. weather
4.. A. reason B. sure C. safe D. sense
5.. . A. also B. even C. too D. once
6.. A. under B. for C. in D. by
7.. A. hurt B. met C. trained D. defeated
8.. A. although B. as C. yet D. until
9.. A. went for B. waited for C. fought for D. played for
10.. A. act B. step C. task D. move
11.. A. fixed B. threw C. caught D. carried
12.. A. accidentally B. fortunately C. unfairly D. immediately
13.. A. control B. comfort C. convince D. forgive
14.. A. success B. moment C. opportunity D. situation
15.. A. warning B. sign C. sentence D. note
16.. A. occasion B. challenge C. time D. preparation
17.. A. obvious B. strong C. little D. slight
18.. A. equal B. exact C. rest D. right
19.. A. message B. theme C. key D. suggestion
20.. . A. receive B. follow C. seize D. save
Shoppers are also less likely to queue for long if the item they are buying is of low value, and ____ food and drink shopkeepers are having to find new ways to deliver good customer service.
A. in the end B. after all C. as a result D. on the contrary
The accident produced a very bad impact on the society, so those who _________ the project were severely punished.
A. come up with B. look out for C. took charge of D. took the place of
Their efforts finally when the New York Time picked the group as one of the top 10 bands of the year.
A. sent off B. paid off C. set off D. took off
British wartime prime minister Winston Churchill ____ the reporting for 50 years of an UFO incident because of fears it could create mass panic.
A. debated B. abolished C. defended D.forbade
Nowadays food safety is a big problem and nobody can guarantee all foods are safe to us, but food produced in the normal companies is _______ better.
A. strictly B. absolutely C. relatively D. exactly
