My son Joe was born with clubfeet(畸形足). The doctors told us that with treatment he would be able to walk normally ______ would never run very well. The first three years of his life were spent in ______. By the time he was eight, you ______ he had a problem when you saw him walk.

The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during play, and Joey would ______ and play, too. We ______ told him that he probably wouldn’t be able to ______ as well as the other children. So he didn’t know.

In seventh grade he decided to go out for the cross country ______. Every day he trained with the team. He worked harder and ran more than any of the others. Perhaps he ______that the abilities that seemed to come ______ to so many others did not come naturally to him. Although the ______ team runs, only the top seven runners have the potential to ______ points for the school. We didn’t tell him he probably would never ______ the team, so he didn’t know.

He ______ to run four to five miles a day, even the day he had a 103 fever. I was ______, so I went to look for him after school. I found him running all alone. I asked him how he felt, “______,” he said.He had two more miles to go. The sweat ______ his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever. Yet he ______ straight ahead and kept running. We never told him he couldn’t run four miles with a 103 degree fever. So he didn’t know.

Two weeks later, the name of the team runners were ______. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. He was only in seventh while the other six team members were all ______.

We never told him he shouldn’t ______ to make the team. We never told him he couldn’t do it, so he didn’t know. He just did it.

1.A. However B. Or C. But D. though

2.A. attention B. development C. circulation D. treatment

3.A. wouldn’t know B. didn’t imagine C. shouldn’t find D. couldn’t identify

4.A. keep just out B. jump right in C. stand only behind D. sit still away

5.A. never B. generally C. often D. sincerely

6.A. live B. Jump C. Run D. hope

7.A. competition B. class C. game D. team

8.A. meant B. sensed C. showed D. noticed

9.A. eventually B. suddenly C. safely D. naturally

10.A. entire B. same C. other D. all

11.A. score B. collect C. pay D. catch

12.A. join B. enter C. make D. keep

13.A. liked B. continued C. hoped D. aimed

14.A. moved B. excited C. encouraged D. worried

15.A. Never mind B. Okay C. Don’t worry D. Sorry

16.A. ran down B. came from C. dropped off D. came down

17.A. stood B. looked C. faced D. glanced

18.A. made B. called C. designed D. checked

19.A. sixth-graders B. seventh-graders C. eighth-graders D. fifth-graders

20.A. expect B. fight C. avoid D. refuse

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