1. A. listening　 B. talking　 C. reading　　 D. writing

15. D.根据前文中“We never told him he couldn‘t do it… so he didn’t know”，再结合Joey入选校田径队的事实，可推知此处要表达的内容是“他确实参加了”，即Joey是在一种毫不知情的情况下参加了田径队。take的意思有“参加，加入”，故答案选D.

　The best way of learning a language is always using it. The best way of learning spoken English is ___1___ in English as much as possible. Sometimes you‘ll get your words ___2___ up and people will not ___3___ you. Sometimes people will ___4___ things too quickly and you can’t understand them. But ___5___ you keep your sense of humor， you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you ___6___. Don‘t be unhappy if people seem to be laughing ___7___ your mistakes. It’s ___8___ for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you， ___9___ they don‘t understand what you we saying. The most important thing for learning English is： “Don’t be ___10___ of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes.”

9. D.这里提到Joey每天坚持跑4~5英里，即使在他发烧的时候也没有中断，而前文提到Joey早在出生时就被医生认定是不能正常地跑动，所以根据逻辑思维，作者作为Joey的家长此时一定感到很担心。故答案选D.

3. C.联系此处的语境，再对照选项，可知这里应是“邻居家的孩子在他们做游戏时总是跑来跑去”。during的意思为“在……期间”，放在此处符合此处的语境。故答案选C.

15. A. did　　　　 B. had　　　　 C. left　　 D. took

　　 「答案与解析」

　 文章讲述了Joey一出生便被医生认定不能正常地跑动，但是Joey的父母一直没有把这个情况告诉他。因此Joey就在这种毫不知情的情况下，凭借着自身的努力，终于如愿以偿地入选了校田径队。

14. A. got　　　　 B. kept　　　 C. made　　 D. found

13. A. jumpers　　 B. runners　　 C. doctors　 D. teachers

12. A. riding　 　　B. walking　　 C. playing　 D. running

11. A. alone　　　 B. away　　　 C. almost　 D. already

10. A. think about B. hear from　 C. agree with D. look for