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My son Joey was born with club feet(畸形足). The doctors told us that he would be able to walk, but would never________ very well. By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he had a ________when you saw him walk.

In seventh grade he ________to go out for the cross-country(越野賽)team. Every day he worked harder and ran ________ than any of the others. ________the whole team runs, only the top seven runners score for the school. We didn’t tell him he probably would ________be on the team, so he didn’t know.

He went on running four to five miles a day, every day ― even the day he had a high ________. I was ________ , so I went to see him after school. I found him running alone. I asked him how he ________ .

“Okay,” he said. He had another two miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and ________ running. We never told him he ________ run miles with a high fever. So he didn’t ________ .

Two weeks later, the ________of the team runners were called. Joey was Number Six on the list. Joey was on the team! He was in seventh grade ― the other ________ team members were in eighth grade. We never told him he couldn’t do it. So he didn’t know. He just ________ it!

1.A. run B. walk C. speak D. work

2.A. rest B. secret C. change D. problem

3.A. asked B. decided C. expected D. failed

4. A. more B. less C. faster D. later

5.A. Because B. Since C. Although D. When

6.A. just B. always C. never D. also

7.A. fever B. cold C. cough D. stomachache

8.A. disappointed B. surprised C. interested D. worried

9.A. succeeded B. studied C. worked D. felt

10.A. stopped B. kept C. finished D. missed

11.A. wouldn’t B. couldn’t C. needn’t D. might not

12.A. know B. understand C. listen D. think

13.A. attentions B. numbers C. names D. meetings

14.A. six B. seven C. eight D. nine

15.A. caught B. went C. got D. did

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