Joey was born with club feet(畸形足). The doctors convinced his parents 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 his neighborhood ran around during play, and Joey would jump right in and run and play, too. His parents never told him he probably wouldn’t be able to run as well as the other children. So he didn’t know.
In seventh grade he decided to go out for the cross-country team. Every day he trained with the team. He worked harder than others — perhaps he sensed the abilities that seemed to come naturally to others did not come naturally to him. Although the entire team ran, only the top seven runners would be chosen. His parents didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team. So he didn’t know.
He continued to run four to five miles a day, every day — even the day he had a fever of 103 degrees Fahrenheit. His mother was worried, so she went to look for him after school. She found him running all alone. The sweat ran down his face. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept running. His parents never told him he couldn’t run four miles with a high fever. So he didn’t know.
Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were posted. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. His parents never told him he shouldn’t expect to make the team. They never told him he couldn’t do it. So he didn’t know. He just did it.
【小题1】What can we know about Joey as a child?| A．He couldn’t walk normally at 8. |
| B．He admired other kids for running. |
| C．He received much medical treatment. |
| D．The born disability made him anxious. |
| A．For fear he couldn’t make the team. |
| B．To avoid setting limits to his potential. |
| C．To encourage him to run like other kids. |
| D．In case he would be looked down upon. |
| A．To draw a conclusion. | B．To arouse readers’ interest. |
| C．To help the story develop. | D．To indicate the author’s emotion. |
