My son Joey was born with club feet(先天性的畸形脚). The doctors assured us that with treatment he would be able to walk __21__, but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were __22__ in surgery(手术). By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he had a __23__ when you saw him walk.
The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during __24__, and Joey would jump right in, run and play, too. We __25__ told him that he probably wouldn’t be able to __26__ as well as the other children. So he didn’t know.
In seventh grade he __27__ to go out for the running team. Every day he __28__ with the team. He worked harder and ran __29__ than any of the others-perhaps he sensed that the __30__ that seemed to come naturally to so many others did not come naturally to him. __31__ the entire team runs, only the top seven runners have the potential to __32__ points for the school. We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know.
He __33__ to run four to five miles a day, every day-even the day he had a 103 degree fever. I was __34__, so I went to look for him after school. I found him __35__ all alone. I asked him how he felt. “Okey.” he said. He had two more __36__ to go. The sweat ran down his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever. __37__ he looked straight ahead and kept running.
Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were __38__. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. He was in __39__ grade－the other six team members were all eight graders. We never told him he shouldn’t __40__ to make the team. We never told him he couldn’t do it, so he didn’t know. He just did it.
21．A．quickly B．slowly C．normally D．comfortably
22．A．spent B．wasted C．suffered D．lost
23．A．pain B．problem C．treatment D．surgery
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25．A．seldom B．never C．always D．once
26．A．study B．run C．walk D．behave
27．A．decided B．preferred C．refused D．agreed
28．A．gathered B．camped C．trained D．competed
29．A．more slowly B．less C．faster D．more
30．A．ability B．strength C．power D．energy
31．A．Since B．Because C．After D．Although
32．A．increase B．score C．hold D．take
33．A．continued B．stopped C．liked D．hoped
34．A．sad B．surprised C．angry D．worried
35．A．running B．resting C．crying D．sleeping
36．A．tests B．miles C．lessons D．examinations
37．A．Otherwise B．So C．Yet D．Thus
38．A．included B．called C．shown D．found
39．A．sixth B．eighth C．seventh D．fifth
40．A．manage B．determine C．expect D．attempt