My son Joey was born with badly twisted 11____ .The doctors assured us that with treatment he would be able to walk 12 ____but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were spent in 13____ .casts and braces. By the time he was eight, you wouldn't know he had a problem when you saw him 14____ .
The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during 15____ ,and Joey would jump right in and run and play, too. We 16____told him that he probably wouldn't be able to 17____ as well as the other children. So he didn't know.
In seventh grade he decided to 18____ for the cross-country team. Every day he 19 ____ with the team. He worked harder and ran more than any of the others-four to five miles a day ~~perhaps he sensed that the 20____ that seemed to come naturally to so many others did not come naturally to him. Although the entire team runs, only the 21 ____seven runners have the potential to score points for the 22____ .We didn't tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn't know.
He 23____to run four to five miles a day. Every day24____ the day he had a 103-degree fever. I was 25____ .So I went to look for him after school. I found him running all alone. The sweat ran down his face and his eyes were glassy (呆滞)from his 26____ .Yet he looked straight ahead and 27____ 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 names of the team runners were 28____ .Joey was number six on the 29____.Joey had made the team. He was in seventh grade-the other six team members were all eighth-graders. We never told him he shouldn't 30____ to make the team. We never told him he couldn't do it We never told him he couldn't do it...so he didn't know. Hejust did it
A.hands B.mouth C.body D.feet
A.freely B.fluently C.normally D.strangely
A.treatment B.school C.dark D.silence
A.study B.walk C.read D.stand
A.holiday B.rest C.winter D.play
A.never B.often C.always D.still
A.talk B.study C.read D.run
A.break out B.go out C.give out D.runout
A.trained B.struggled C.fight D.study
A.scores B.abilities C.standards D.dreams
A.last B.strongest C.top D.number
A.family B.country C.school D.grade
A.started B.refused C.liked D.continued
A.though B.still C.then D.even
A.surprised B.worried C.sad D.nervous
A.running B.sweat C.fever D.feet
A.kept B.stopped C.began D.forgot
A.called B.made C.spelt D.read
A.ground B.team C.list D.wall
A.decide B.expect C.promise D.refuse