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 (16)____ in hospital. By the time he was six, you wouldn’t know he has a problem when you saw him (17)____.

  Children in our neighborhood always ran around during their play, and Joey would jump and run and play, (18)_____. We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be able to run like the other children. So he didn’t know.

 In his(19)_____ grade, he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others, (20) ____only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the school. 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 (21) ____, so I went to look for him after school. I found him running (22) _____. I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said he had two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept (23) _____.

Two weeks later, the names of the team (24) _____ were caked. Joey was Number Six on the list. Joey had made the team. We never told him he couldn’t do it … so he didn’t know. He just took it. How (25) ____he was!

(   ) 16. A. spent    B. taken    C. cost    D. paid

(   ) 17 A. talk      B. sit       C. study   D. walk

（  ）18 A. either    B. too      C. though  D. yet

（  ）19. A. six     B. seven     C. eighth  D. nineth

（  ）20. A. so      B. if        C. then    D. because

（　）21. A. excited  B. tired     C. pleased  D. worried

（�。�22. A. alone   B. away     C. almost   D. already

（�。�23. A. riding   B. walking   C. playing  D. running

（�。�24. A. jumpers  B. runners  C. doctors  D. teachers

（�。�25.A.good    .B. lucky      C. clever   D. well

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Hello, everyone! My name is Ken. I’m     1     years old. I was born (出生) in 1999.  My birthday is     2    . That’s National Day (國慶節(jié)). I like music very much and I     3     like sports.

My birthday is coming. My mother     4     buy a beautiful shirt     5     me. On Sunday, she     6     me to a big     7     store. There are     8     shirts and they are         9     blue, yellow and red. She selects(選了) a blue one. It looks cool.

My father gives me some CDs and a     10    . He knows what I like. He wishes(希望) me to play sports more. I am very     11    . And my sister, Monica, she is only two years old, so she can’t buy anything for me.    12     she sings a great song for me. It’s     13     fun. And I like her so much.

My parents want to have a     14     for me at home this year. My friends will come to it. We can play together. It’s very exciting     15     my friends in my house.

1.A. eleven    B. twelve        C. fourteen         D. sixteen

2.A. June 1st  B. July 1st      C. August 1st       D. October 1st

3.A. too       B. also              C. only             D. don’t

4.A. want      B. wants         C. need to          D. wants to

5.A. for       B. at            C. to               D. on

6.A. sells     B. takes         C. buys             D. brings

7.A. food      B. clothes       C. fruit            D. book

8.A. much      B. a little      C. lot of               D. many

9.A. in        B. on            C. to               D. at

10.A. pen       B. notebook      C. basketball      D. hamburger

11.A. happy     B. boring        C. interesting         D. relaxing

12. A. Because  B. But           C. Then                D. Next

13.A. only      B. not           C. really          D. a little

14.A. school day   B. birthday party

C. sports game     D. speech contest

15.A. to play with      B. to look for

C. to learn about       D. to listen to

 

Hello, everyone! My name is Ken. I’m   26   years old. I was born（出生）in 1999. My birthday is   27  . That’s National Day（國慶節(jié)）. I like music very much and I   28   like sports.

My birthday is coming. My mother wants to buy a beautiful shirt for me. On Sunday, she   29   me to a big   30   store. There are many shirts and they are in blue, yellow and red. She selects（選了）a blue one. It looks cool.

My father gives me some CDs and a   31  . He knows what I like. He wishes（希望）me to play sports more. I am very   32  . And my sister, Monica, is only two years old, so she can’t buy anything for me.   33   she sings a great song for me. It’s really fun. And I like her so much.

My parents want to have a   34   for me at home this year. My friends will come to it. We can play together. It’s very exciting   35   my friends in my house.

26. A. eleven              B. twelve               C. thirteen              D. sixteen

27. A. June 1st           B. July 1st              C. August 1st           D. October 1st

28. A. too                B. also                  C. only                 D. don’t

29. A. sells              B. brings                C. buys               D. takes

30. A. food              B. clothes                      C. fruit                D. book

31. A. pen               B. notebook             C. basketball            D. hamburger

32. A. happy             B. boring               C. interesting            D. relaxing

33. A. Because           B. But                 C. Then               D. Next

34. A. school day         B. birthday party          C. sports game          D. speech contest

35. A. to play with         B. to look for                   C. to learn about         D. to listen to