I remember the exact moment I learned the principle of preparing for luck．
I was on the wrestling(摔跤)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 1 ．There are only two people out on the mat, so you cannot 2 it on your teammates or your coach．And guess what? There is no 3 problem 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; one of them had been a world champion five times．We 5 had five people who were national champions．One of them was a guy 6 the name of John．
John had never been 7 in any 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(对手)．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 waspinned(压住) 12 !
The match was over．
I remember on the way home, one of our teammates tried to 13 John by saying, “Oh, he just got lucky．” John said, “That's so stupid．The 14 presented itself, and he just drew upon it．”
We used to have this big 15 in 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 not 17 and he knew it．But he waited for 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．
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character．
R．W．E, erson
It was Mother’s Day, but the young mother was a little unhappy, because she was 800 miles away from her parents．In the morning she phoned her mother to 1 her a happy Mother’s Day, and her mother told her about the beautiful 2 in the garden．
Later that day, when she told her husband about the lilacs(丁香)，he said, “I know where we can find 3 that you want．Get the children and come on．” So they went, 4 down the country roads．
There on a small hill, they saw a lot of purple lilacs．The young woman ran quickly to 5 the flowers． 6 , she picked a few here and a few there．On their way home there was a smile on her face．
When they were 7 a nursing home, the young woman saw an old granny sitting in a chair．She had no children with her．They 8 the car and the young woman walked to the old woman, put the 9 in her hands, and smiled at her．The old granny 10 her again and again．She smiled happily, too．
11 the young mother came back to her car, her 12 asked her, “Who is that old granny?” “Why did you give our flowers to her?”
“I don’t know her,” their mother said．“But it’s Mother’s Day, and she has no children．I have all of you, and I 13 have my mother．Just think how much those flowers 14 to her．”
Hearing 15 their mother said, all the children were greatly 16 ．
As we know, everyone needs love．In our society, only more love is 17 to the people, 18 those who are in great 19 , we will feel happy． 20 by this, can we have a better life, a more humorous world．
(1)
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A．
expect
B．
persuade
C．
consider
D．
wish
(2)
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A．
nature
B．
lilacs
C．
tree
D．
building
(3)
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A．
all
B．
something
C．
anything
D．
nothing
(4)
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A．
walking
B．
rolling
C．
driving
D．
advancing
(5)
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A．
enjoy
B．
share
C．
compare
D．
stress
(6)
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A．
Simply
B．
Contently
C．
Immediately
D．
Carefully
(7)
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A．
watching
B．
passing
C．
experiencing
D．
finding
(8)
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A．
stopped
B．
exchanged
C．
shook
D．
started
(9)
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A．
sweets
B．
money
C．
flowers
D．
care
(10)
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A．
thanked
B．
struck
C．
touched
D．
communicated
(11)
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A．
While
B．
When
C．
Because
D．
Since
(12)
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A．
husband
B．
friends
C．
children
D．
mother
(13)
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A．
hardly
B．
never
C．
even
D．
still
(14)
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A．
meant
B．
repeated
C．
thought
D．
expressed
(15)
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A．
how
B．
why
C．
what
D．
which
(16)
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A．
separated
B．
surprised
C．
frightened
D．
moved
(17)
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A．
combined
B．
dragged
C．
offered
D．
advised
(18)
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A．
especially
B．
particularly
C．
luckily
D．
finally
(19)
[ ]
A．
sorrow
B．
excitement
C．
courage
D．
need
(20)
[ ]
A．
Then
B．
Only
C．
So
D．
Or
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A man hired a taxi outside the airfield．The cab had a woolen carpet with brilliant silk edges．On the glass partition(隔板)behind the driver's seat． 1 a wonderful painting．Its windows were all 2 ．The customer was very much 3 and said to the driver, “I've never seen a nicer cab．”“Thank you for your praise, ”the driver answered 4 ．
“How did it occur to you to 5 your ca r?” asked tile customer·
“The car isn't mine．”said the driver．“It belongs to the company．I used to be a 6 of cabs．When they returned, all of them were as 7 as garbage calls with cigarette ends and 8 scattered(散乱)here and there．On the seats or door-handles could be found something 9 like chewing gum．Why so? I thought if the car itself were very clean, the passengers would most likely be 10 ．and avoid littering．”
“When I got a 11 to be a taxi driver, I began to put my idea into 12 to tidy and decorate the car．Now 13．a new passenger get on my car, I would make a 14 and be sure it is in good order．When my car returned after a day's work, it always remains 15 ．”
When doing a thing．one makes efforts and wants to see the 16 ．To change others one has to make twice the 17 but get half the result．To change oneself is tile other way round－more fruit with less effort．One had better ask oneself why one makes 18 on others much more than oneself．If you take enough 19 to do as best as you can for other people's sake, your efforts will naturally 20 ．
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