Question

My son Tony was born with club feet. The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well. The first three years of his life was ______ in hospital. By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he has a problem when you saw him ______.

We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be ______ to run like the other children. So he didn’t know. In ______ grade he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others, ______ only the top seven runners would be chosen. We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know.

He ran four to five mile every day—even when he had a fever. I was ______, so I went to ____ him after school. I found him running ______. I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said. He has two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept running.

Two weeks later, the names of the team ______ were out. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had ______ the team. He was in seventh grade — the other six team members were all eighth graders. We never told him he couldn’t do it, so he didn’t know, but he made it.

1.A. spent B. taken C. cost D. paid

2.A. talk B. sit C. study D. walk

3.A. able B. sorry C. glad D. afraid

4.A. sixth B. seventh C. eighth D. ninth

5.A. so B. if C. then D. because

6.A. excited B. tired C. worried D. pleased

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

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

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

10.A. got B. kept C. made D. found

Answer 1