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. He just did it

1.A. hands         B. mouth   C. body     D. feet

2.A. freely         B. fluently C. normally        D. strangely

3.A. treatment  B. school   C. dark      D. silence

4.A. study B. walk      C. read      D. stand

5.A. holiday       B. rest       C. winter   D. play

6.A. never         B. often     C. always   D. still

7.A. talk    B. study     C. read      D. run

8.A. break out   B. go out   C. give out         D. run out

9.A. trained       B. struggled       C. fight      D. study

10.A. scores      B. abilities C. standards      D. dreams

11.A. last  B. strongest       C. top        D. number

12.A. family       B. country          C. school   D. grade

13.A. started     B. refused          C. liked      D. continued

14.A. though     B. still        C. then      D. even

15.A. surprised B. worried         C. sad        D. nervous

16.A. running    B. sweat    C. fever     D. feet

17.A. kept          B. stopped         C. began   D. forgot

18.A. called       B. made    C. spelt      D. read

19.A. ground     B. team     C. list         D. wall

20.A. decide     B. expect  C. promise         D. refuse

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. He just did it

Last year was the first year when I taught the fifth grade. Recently, I’ve been 1 by a “graduated ”student for the first time. I was really surprised when he walked into my home.

He hasn’t physically changed much since  2 my class last year and if I had had to guess who would come to visit me first. I wouldn’t have thought of him. Carlos was a student who had a hard time sitting   3  in the beginning of last year. He would often   4 to go to the bathroom, and he’d talk or look like he was falling asleep because of little sleep. He often needed   5  in doing anything that other students could do well on their own.

I found out that the reason for his behavior in my classroom was that he had been  6 nightmares(噩梦)about his border-crossing experience. He was  7 that the immigration office would take him or his parents to prison or back to their   8 . And here he was in my class trying to learn a(n)  9 language, which he had never touched before.

When he was in my class, one thing that stood out was that he had a(n)  10 time speaking English. But when he walked in my room yesterday, all of that was missing. In walked a calm, 11  boy who spoke and understood English far better than when he left me in June. He even  12 to speak to my class in the sixth grade in English. He told me he remembered doing sign language and the video I made to help him  13 his English.

His visit  14 a lot to me not only because he has made great progress, but also because it reminded me what it means to be a teacher ----- to have a lasting influence on  15 .

3.A. fast           B. beautifully      C. still          D actively

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