My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well. The first three years of his life was (16)____ in hospital. By the time he was six, you wouldn’t know he has a problem when you saw him (17)____.

  Children in our neighborhood always ran around during their play, and Joey would jump and run and play, (18)_____. We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be able to run like the other children. So he didn’t know.

 In his(19)_____ grade, he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others, (20) ____only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the school. We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know.

 He ran four to five mile every day - even when he had a fever. I was (21) ____, so I went to look for him after school. I found him running (22) _____. I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said he had two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept (23) _____.

Two weeks later, the names of the team (24) _____ were caked. Joey was Number Six on the list. Joey had made the team. We never told him he couldn’t do it … so he didn’t know. He just took it. How (25) ____he was!

(   ) 16. A. spent    B. taken    C. cost    D. paid

(   ) 17 A. talk      B. sit       C. study   D. walk

（  ）18 A. either    B. too      C. though  D. yet

（  ）19. A. six     B. seven     C. eighth  D. nineth

（  ）20. A. so      B. if        C. then    D. because

（　）21. A. excited  B. tired     C. pleased  D. worried

（　）22. A. alone   B. away     C. almost   D. already

（　）23. A. riding   B. walking   C. playing  D. running

（　）24. A. jumpers  B. runners  C. doctors  D. teachers

（　）25.A.good    .B. lucky      C. clever   D. well

My son Joey was born with club feet．The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well．The first three years of his life was  1  in hospital．By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he has a problem when you saw him  2  ．

Children in our neighborhood always ran around  3  their play, and Joey would jump and run and play,  4  ．We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be  5  to run like the other children．So he didn’t know．

In  6  grade he decided to join the school running team．Every day he trained．He ran more than any of the others,  7  only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the  8 We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know．

He ran foot to five mile every day - even when he had a fever．I was  9  , so I went to  10 him after school．I found him running  11  ．I asked him how he felt．"Okay," he said．He has two more miles to go．Yet he looked straight ahead and kept  12  ．

Two weeks later, the names of the team  13  were caked．Joey was number six on the list．Joey had  14  the team．He was in seventh grade - the other six team members were all eighth graders．We never told him he couldn’t do it ．．．so he didn’t know．He just  15  it．

1．A．spent               B．taken              C．cost              D．paid

2．A．talk                 B．sit                  C．study              D．walk

3．A．after                B．before              C．during              D．till

4．A．either                B．too                C．though             D．yet

5．A．able                  B．sorry,               C．glad                D．afraid

6．A．sixth                B．seventh             C．eighth              D．ninth

7．A．so                  B．if                  C．then               D．because

8．A．neighborhood          B．family              C．school             D．grade

9．A．excited              B．tired                C．pleased             D．worried

10．A．think about          B．hear from           C．agree with           D．look for

11．A．alone               B．away               C．almost             D．already

12．A．riding              B．walking             C．playing             D．running

13．A．jumpers            B．runners             C．doctors             D．teachers

14．A．got                 B．kept                C．made               D．found

15．A．did                 B．had                 C．left                 D．took

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　　My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well. The first three years of his life was 1 in hospital. By the time he was eight, you wouldn't know he had a problem when you saw him 2 .

　　Children in our neighborhood; always ran around 3 their play, and Joey would jump and run and play, 4 . We never told him that he probably wouldn't be 5 to run like the other children. So he didn't know.

　　In 6 grade he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others, 7 only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the 8 . We didn't tell him. he probably would never make the team, so he didn't know.

　　He ran four to five miles every day even when he had a fever. I was 9 , so I went to 10 him after school. I found him running 11 . I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said. He had two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept 12 .

　　Two weeks later, the names of the team 13 were declared. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had 14 the team. He was in seventh grade, the other six team members were all eighth graders. We never told him he couldn't do it... so he didn't know. He just 15 it.