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My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors assured us that with treatment be would be able to walk normally, but would never run very well. The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during play, and Joey would lump fight m and run and play, too. In seventh grade he decided to go out for the cross-country team Every day he trained with the team. He worked harder and run more than any of the others. Although the entire team runs only the top seven runners have the potential to score points for the school. We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team. so he didn’t know. He continued to run four to tire miles a day, every day — even the day he had a 103-degree fever. I was worried, so I went to look for him after school. I found him running all alone. He had two more miles to go. 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 103-degree fever. So he didn’t know. Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were called. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. We never told him he shouldn’t expect to make the team. We never told lure he couldn’t do it, So he didn’t know. He just did it, Which of the following statements is TRUE

A. There was something wrong with Joey’s arms.
B. Joey kept running even he had a high fever.
C. Joey’s mother was cruel to him when he was running.
D. Joey didn’t think he could make the team, but he trie

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Two sisters, Mildred Hill, a teacher at the Louisville, Kentucky Experimental Kindergarten, and Dr. Patty Hill, the principal of the same school, together wrote a song for the children, entitled "Good Morning to All". When Mildred’ combined her musical talents with her sister’s expertise in the area of Kindergarten Education; "Good Morning to All" was sure to be a success. The sisters published the song in a collection entitled "Song Stories of the Kindergarten" in 1893. Thirty-one years later, after Dr. Patty Hill became the head of the Department of Kindergarten Education at Columbia University’s Teacher College, a gentleman ’by the name of Robert ft. Coleman published the song, without the sisters’ permission. To add insult to injury, he added a second verse, the familiar "Happy Birthday to You". Mr. Coleman’s addition of the second verse popularized the song and, eventually, the sisters’ original first verse disappeared. "Happy Birthday to You", the one and only birthday song, had altogether replaced the sisters’ original title, "Good Morning to All". After Mildred died in 1916, Patty, together with a third sister named Jessica, sprang into action and took Mr. Coleman to court. In court, they proved that they, indeed, owned the melody. Because the family legally owns the song, it is entitled to royalties from it, whenever it is sung for commercial purposes. Finally, what happened to the song "Good Morning to All" after the addition of the second verse

A. It was even more popular than before.
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C. The composers, Mildred and Patty, gave up their rights to own the song.
D. It was gradually replaced by the addition, having a new name "Happy Birthday to You".

My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors assured us that with treatment be would be able to walk normally, but would never run very well. The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during play, and Joey would lump fight m and run and play, too. In seventh grade he decided to go out for the cross-country team Every day he trained with the team. He worked harder and run more than any of the others. Although the entire team runs only the top seven runners have the potential to score points for the school. We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team. so he didn’t know. He continued to run four to tire miles a day, every day — even the day he had a 103-degree fever. I was worried, so I went to look for him after school. I found him running all alone. He had two more miles to go. 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 103-degree fever. So he didn’t know. Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were called. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. We never told him he shouldn’t expect to make the team. We never told lure he couldn’t do it, So he didn’t know. He just did it, What kind of boy Joey is

A. Physically strong.
B. Studborn.
C. Strong-minded.
D. Lovely.

Two sisters, Mildred Hill, a teacher at the Louisville, Kentucky Experimental Kindergarten, and Dr. Patty Hill, the principal of the same school, together wrote a song for the children, entitled "Good Morning to All". When Mildred’ combined her musical talents with her sister’s expertise in the area of Kindergarten Education; "Good Morning to All" was sure to be a success. The sisters published the song in a collection entitled "Song Stories of the Kindergarten" in 1893. Thirty-one years later, after Dr. Patty Hill became the head of the Department of Kindergarten Education at Columbia University’s Teacher College, a gentleman ’by the name of Robert ft. Coleman published the song, without the sisters’ permission. To add insult to injury, he added a second verse, the familiar "Happy Birthday to You". Mr. Coleman’s addition of the second verse popularized the song and, eventually, the sisters’ original first verse disappeared. "Happy Birthday to You", the one and only birthday song, had altogether replaced the sisters’ original title, "Good Morning to All". After Mildred died in 1916, Patty, together with a third sister named Jessica, sprang into action and took Mr. Coleman to court. In court, they proved that they, indeed, owned the melody. Because the family legally owns the song, it is entitled to royalties from it, whenever it is sung for commercial purposes. The phrase "to add insult to injury" on Line 4, Paragraph 2 probably means

A. to one’s disappointment
B. to be even worse
C. to be troublesome
D. to one’s surprise

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