My son Joey was born with club feet (天生畸形脚）. The doctors assured us that with treatment he would be able to walk        ，but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were       in surgery. By the time he was eight, you wouldn't know he had a        when you saw him walk.
The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during        , and Joey would jump right in，run and play, too. We        told him that he probably wouldn't be able to        as well as the other children. So he didn't know.
In the seventh grade he        to go out for the cross-country team. Every day he    （8）    with the team. He worked harder and ran        than any of the others—perhaps he sensed that the        that seemed to come naturally to so many others did not come naturally to him.          the entire team runs, only the top seven runners have the potential to         points for the school. We didn't tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn't know.
He        to run four to five miles a day, every day—even the day he had a high fever. I was      ，so I went to look for him after school. I found him      all alone. I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said. He had two more        to go. The sweat ran down his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever.        he looked straight ahead and kept running.
Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were      . Joey was number six on the list. Joey  had made the team. He was in the        grade while the other six team members were all eighth-graders. We never told him he shouldn't        to make the team. We never told him he couldn't do it...so he didn't know. He just did it.

A．quickly B．slowly C．normally D．comfortably

A．spent B．wasted C．suffered D．lost

A．pain B．problem C．treatment D．surgery

A．holidays B．day C．fun D．play

A．seldom B．never C．always D．once

A．study B．run C．walk D．behave

A．decided B．preferred C．refused D．agreed

A．gathered B．camped C．trained D．competed

A．more slowly B．less C．faster D．more

A．abilities B．strengths C．powers D．energies

A．Since B．Because C．After D．Although

A．increase B．score C．hold D．take

A．continued B．stopped C．liked D．hoped

A．sad B．surprised C．angry D．worried

A．running B．resting C．crying D．sleeping

A．tests B．miles C．lessons D．examinations

A．Otherwise B．So C．Yet D．Thus

A．included B．called C．shown D．found

A．sixth B．eighth C．seventh D．fifth

A．manage B．determine C．expect D．attempt