Question

I remember the exact moment I learned the principle(原则) 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 wresting is probably the sport that has the least luck. There are only two people out on the mat(垫子), so you cannot blame(指责) it on your teammates or your coach(教练). And guess what? There is no weather because we do the whole thing indoors, so you can’t say, “It was raining” or “It was snowing.” So we should say wrestling is the sport with the least luck.

On our team there were two world champions; one of them had been a world champion five times. We also had five people who were national champions. One of them was a guy by the name of John.

John had never been beaten in any high school wrestling competition that I could remember, as he was a national champion. There was nobody local who could touch him.

One day, we went for 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 special move. He rolled over, and his opponent caught him halfway through his roll. He was pinned(压住)! The match was over.

I remember on the way home, one of our teammates tried to comfort John by saying, “Oh, he just got lucky.” And John said, “That’s so silly. The opportunity presented itself, and he just took advantage it.”

We used to have this big sign in our wrestling room that the coach had put there. “Luck is what happens when opportunity meets preparation.”

John’s opponent was prepared to make use of this opportunity. The possibility of beating John was not strong and he knew it. But he waited for the right opportunity, and he defeated and pinned a national champion.

In other words, the real message is “Be prepared!” It’s not just finding the opportunity, you have to be prepared to take it.

1.The author thinks that if you want to win in the wrestling, ________

A. you must have the best luck

B. you must prepare for it well

C. you should know your opponent

D. you must become a national champion

2.The phrase “on the wrestling team” can be replaced by “________”

A. a leader of the wrestling team

B. a person working for the wrestling team

C. a member of the wrestling team

D. the coach of the wrestling team

3.Why did one of the author’s teammates comfort John?

A. Because John was beaten easily

B. Because John’s opponent was much stronger than him

C. Because John looked very unhappy after the match

D. Because failure is the mother of success

4.From this passage, we can infer that ________

A. John’s opponent had more luck than him

B. wrestling is an outdoor sport

C. wrestling is the sport with the most luck

D. John didn’t prepare so well as his opponent

5.What’s the best title for this passage?

A. A Wrestling Match B. Catch the Opportunity

C. To be Lucky, be Prepared D. A Sport with the Least Luck

Answer 1