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__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__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 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 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(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 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 much, and he knew it. But he paid attention to the __18__opportunity to present itself, and he defeated and pinned a fivetime 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. |
( )1. A. luck ( )2. A. accuse ( )3. A. stress ( )4. A. judgment ( )5. A. also ( )6. A. under ( )7. A. hurt ( )8. A. although ( )9. A. went for ( )10. A. sign ( )11. A. fixed ( )12. A. accidentally ( )13. A. calm ( )14. A. so ( )15. A. caught ( )16. A. meets ( )17. A. striking ( )18. A. equal ( )19. A. message ( )20. A. receive | B. risk B. blame B. injury B. progress B. as B. for B. chosen B. because B. waited for B. step B. threw B. fortunately B. comfort B. or B. put B. suits B. beating B. exact B. passage B. follow | C. difficulty C. doubt C. weather C. sense C. only C. in C. trained C. unless C. fought for C. task C. caught C. unfairly C. convince C. and C. left C. gets C. knocking C. rest C. decision C. seize | D. opportunity D. keep D. standard D. way D. once D. by D. defeated D. until D. played for D. move D. carried D. instantly D. forgive D. but D. used D. fits D. controlling D. right D. suggestion D. save | 完形填空 | It was pouring outside. We all stood there__1__, some patiently, others annoyed __2__ nature messed up their hurried day. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens __3__ away the dirt and dust of the world. "Mom, let"s run through the rain." A girl"s voice __4__ me. "No, honey. We"ll wait until it __5__ down a bit." Mom replied. The young girl waited about another minute and __6__, "Mom, let"s run through the rain." "We"ll get wet if we do," Mom said. "No, we won"t, Mom. That"s not what you said this morning," the young girl said as she __7__ her Mom"s arm. "This morning __8__ did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?" "Don"t you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, "If God can get us through this, he can get us through __9__". The entire crowd turned __10__. Mom paused and thought for a moment about __11__ she would say. Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being __12__. But then we heard, "Honey, you are __13__. Let"s run through the rain. If we get wet, maybe we just need washing," Mom said. Then __14__ they ran. We all stood __15__, smiling and laughing as they ran past the cars. Yes, they got wet. But they were __16__ by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the __17__ to their cars. Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, and they can even take away your __18__. But no one can ever take away your precious __19__. So, don"t forget to make time and take the __20__ to make memories every day! I hope you still take the time to run through the rain. | ( )1. A. talking ( )2. A. as if ( )3. A. taking ( )4. A. caught ( )5. A. slows ( )6. A. asked ( )7. A. pulled ( )8. A. why ( )9. A. the rain ( )10. A. still ( )11. A. what ( )12. A. dishonest ( )13. A. right ( )14. A. off ( )15. A. sighing ( )16. A. followed ( )17. A. time ( )18. A. house ( )19. A. children ( )20. A. possibilities | B. waiting B. even if B. putting B. annoyed B. comes B. repeated B. touched B. how B. the disease B. silent B. how B. silly B. wrong B. along B. joking B. guided B. way B. money B. memories B. opportunities | C. complaining C. because C. driving C. impressed C. pushes C. required C. waved C. when C. anything C. serious C. whether C. daring C. stupid C. on C. discussing C. respected C. same C. health C. courage C. risk | D. expecting D. when D. washing D. called D. stops D. added D. felt D. where D. something D. angry D. if D. forgetful D. clever D. over D. watching D. praised D. best D. time D. experience D. challenge | 阅读理解。 | Few of us haven"t read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone"s heart-we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity (默默无闻) or neglect. Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school. Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenage pop singer, Joey Parker, appears. Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not - kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joey"s paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked (邪恶的) stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn"t get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her. The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies. "The movie takes the Cinderella fairytale as its jumping off point," writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson. "The focus is firmly on following your dream." | 1. The first paragraph is mainly to _________. | A. build interest and lead us to Mary"s secret dream B. remind us why Cinderella is popular all the years C. inform us of the main topic of the whole passage D. tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is | 2. In the movie, Mary Santiago is the main character who ________. | A. is brave in expressing her love B. is attended badly by the stepmother C. has a dream of meeting a prince D. is embarrassed by the pop singer | 3. What can we infer from the passage? | A. Joey is just like other boys in Mary"s class. B. Mary"s mother influences her a lot in singing. C. Not many people have a dream to be realized. D. The MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary. | 4. The passage is mainly _________. | A. an introduction to a film B. a review about a film C. an essay about dreams D. an advertisement of Cinderella | 5. According to the passage, Another Cinderella Story __________. | A. follows Cinderella with nothing new B. pays more attention to the looks of the actors C. encourages young people to follow their dreams D. focuses more on materialism than other films | 完形填空。 | Tears clouded my eyes as I stood in our washing room, holding Brett"s jeans and shirt full of burn holes. Tired and defeated, I__1__to the floor. The clothes were just one more thing Brett had__2__. He often got almost everything in the house out of__3__.Many windows in our house needed repair due to his breaking__4__to steal money when he chose to live on the street. Yet none of this could compare to the emotional__5__Brett had done to our once quiet home. Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old. During the next few years I had dealt with Brett as__6__as possible, but inside I was shouting,"I don"t want him in my house another day, Lord! I just can"t__7__him!" Having wiped my tears, I continued__8__him as before. When Brett was nearly 18, he landed again in Juvenile Hall(少管所).After that, my husband and I had to send Brett to a boarding school for helping__9__teens.At the__10__ceremony, each graduate held a white rose to give to the person who had__11__the most to him or her. Brett spoke__12__to his parents and then spoke to me, "You did so much. You were always there, no matter__13__.My mom and dad, I am their kid. But you,__14__troubled enough by me, always__15__me such love. And I want you to know I love you for it." __16__,I stood as Brett placed the white rose in my hand and hugged me__17__. At that moment, tears__18__in my eyes again, this time not for disappointment but for__19__. Although I had struggled with silent__20__toward my stepson, Brett had seen only my actions. Love is action. We may not always have positive feelings about certain people in our lives, but we can love them. | ( )1.A.sat ( )2.A.lost ( )3.A.order ( )4.A.off ( )5.A.pain ( )6.A.patiently ( )7.A.forgive ( )8.A.feeding ( )9.A.lazy ( )10.A.opening ( )11.A.afforded ( )12.A.lovingly ( )13.A.where ( )14.A.although ( )15.A.cost ( )16.A.Astonished ( )17.A.surely ( )18.A.fell ( )19.A.pity ( )20.A.love | B.bent B.ruined B.place B.in B.injury B.willingly B.stand B.pardoning B.disappointing B.official B.meant B.sadly B.how B.unless B.lent B.Puzzled B.tightly B.flowed B.luck B.anxiety | C.sank C.torn C.trouble C.up C.harm C.strictly C.educate C.comforting C.troublesome C.graduation C.supplied C.proudly C.who C.because C.showed C.Encouraged C.roughly C.moved C.happiness C.care | D.dropped D.broken D.danger D.away D.damage D.rudely D.control D.parenting D.careless D.victory D.owed D.nervously D.what D.when D.taught D.Interested D.fiercely D.gathered D.success D.anger |
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