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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 ________ 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 miles 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 caked. 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. played B. had C. left D. made

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