Question

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 _______ in hospital. By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he has a problem when you saw him _______.

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

In _______ grade he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others, _______ only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the _______. 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 _______, so I went to __________ him after school. I found him running __________. I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said. He has two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept __________.

Two weeks later, the names of the team __________ were out. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had __________ 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 __________ 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. got B. played C. had D. did

Answer 1