题目内容
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
My son Joey was born with club feet（天生特厚的畸形脚）. The doctors assured us that with treatment he would be able to walk 36 , but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were 37 in surgery（手术）. By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he had a 38 when you saw him walk.
The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during 39 , and Joey would jump right in，run and play, too. We 40 told him that he probably wouldn’t be able to 41 as well as the other children. So he didn’t know.
In seventh grade he 42 to go out for the cross country team. Every day he 43 with the team. He worked harder and ran 44 than any of the others — perhaps he sensed that the 45 that seemed to come naturally to so many others did not come naturally to him. 46 the entire team runs, only the top seven runners have the potential （潜能） to 47 points for the school. We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know.
He 48 to run four to five miles a day, every day — even the day he had a 103 degree fever. I was 49 , so I went to look for him after school. I found him 50 all alone. I asked him how he felt. "Okay," he said. He had two more51 to go. The sweat ran down his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever. 52 he looked straight ahead and kept running.
Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were 53 . Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. He was in 54 grade — the other six team members were all eighth?graders. We never told him he shouldn’t 55 to make the team. We never told him he couldn’t do it...so he didn’t know. He just did it.
36. A. quickly B. slowly C. normally D. comfortably
37. A. spent B. wasted C. suffered D. lost
38. A. pain B. problem C. treatment D. surgery
39. A. holidays B. day C. fun D. play
40. A. seldom B. never C. always D. once
41. A. study B. run C. walk D. behave
42. A. decided B. preferred C. refused D. agreed
43. A. gathered B. camped C. trained D. competed
44. A. more slowly B. less C. faster D. more
45. A. ability B. strength C. power D. energy
46. A. Since B. Because C. After D. Although
47. A. increase B. score C. hold D. take
48. A. continued B. stopped C. liked D. hoped
49. A. sad B. surprised C. angry D. worried
50. A. running B. resting C. crying D. sleeping
51. A. tests B. miles C. lessons D. examinations
52. A. Otherwise B. So C. Yet D. Thus
53. A. included B. called C. shown D. found
54. A. sixth B. eighth C. seventh D. fifth
55. A. manage B. determine C. expect D. attempt
36-40: CABDB 41-45: BACDA 46-50: DBADA 51-55: BCBCC
【解析】略
