38.　 A. neighborhood　　 B. family　　　　 C. school　　　　　　　 D. grade

37.　 A. so　　　　　　　　　　　 B. if　　　　　　　 C. then　　　　　　　　　 D. because

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

35.　 A. able　　　　　　　　　 B. sorry　　　　　 C. glad　　　　　 D. afraid

34.　 A. either　　　　　　　　 B. too　　　　　　 C. though　　　　　　　 D. yet

33.　 A. after　　　　　　　　　 B. before　　　　 C. during　　　　 D. till

32.　 A. talk　　　　　　　　　 B. sit　　　　　　　 C. study　　　　 D. walk

31. A. spent　　　　　　　　　 B. taken　　　　 C. cost　　　　　 D. paid

50. A. look　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. come　　　　　　　　　　　 C. show　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. move

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My son Joey 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 　31　 　in hospital. By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he has a problem when you saw him 　32 .

Children in our neighborhood always ran around 　33　 　their play, and Joey would jump and ran and play, 　34　 . We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be 　35　 　to run like the other children. So he didn’t know.

In 　36　 　grade he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others, 　37　 　only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the 　38　 . 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 　39　 , so I went to 　40　 　him after school. I found him running 41　 . I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said. He has two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept 　42　 .

Two weeks later, the names of the team 　43　 　were caked. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had 　44　 　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. He just 　45 it.

49. A. mistake　　　　　　　　　　　 B. joke　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. problem　　　　　　　　　 D. question