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My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors assured us that with treatment he would be able to walk normally — but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were spent in surgery, casts and braces. By the time he was eight, you wouldn't know he had a problem when you saw him walk.

The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during game play, and Joey would jump right in and run and play, too. We never told him that he probably wouldn't be able to run as well as other children.

In seventh grade he decided to go out for the cross-country team. Every day he trained with the team. He worked harder and ran more than any of the others—perhaps he sensed that the abilities that seemed to come naturally to so many others did not come naturally to him. Although the entire team ran, only the top seven runners had the potential to score points for the school. We didn't tell him he probably would never make it.

He continued to run four to five miles every day — even the day he had a high fever. After school, I found him running all alone. I asked him how he felt. "Okay," he said. The sweat ran down his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept running. We never told him he couldn't run four miles with a high fever.

Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were called. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made it. He was in seventh grade — the other six team members were all eighth graders. We never told him he shouldn't expect to make it. We never told him he couldn't do it.

1.What happened when Joey was born?

A He was fine.

B He had a high fever.

C There was something wrong with his feet.

D There was something wrong with his hands.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句My son Joey was born with club feet.可知Joey天生畸形足，故选C。

2.As for Joey, which kind of behavior is probably different from normal people?

A Walking.

B Jumping.

C Playing.

D Running.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据文章第一段第二句The doctors assured us that with treatment he would be able to walk normally — but would never run very well.可知Joey像常人一样跑步的可能性则微乎其微，故选D。

3.What do you think of Joey?

A He was a poor little boy.

B He was brave and hard-working.

C He was so unlucky.

D He was very smart.

解析：选B。推理判断题。Joey通过自己的坚持和努力实现了跑步的目标，他是一个勇敢和勤奋的孩子，故选B。

4.What we can know from the last paragraph?

A Joey was older than other team members.

B Joey was unhappy because he failed to run.

C Joey’s parents was proud of him.

D Joey can not participate in the competition on behalf of the school.

解析：选C。推理判断题。从最后一段来看，Joey入选了校队，可以代表学校参加全国的比赛，这另他的父母感到骄傲，故选C。