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Travis laughed as he tore at the wrapping paper on his birthday present. He was so 16 ! Finally, he would have the coolest pair of name-brand basketball shoes.

All the guys on his team were wearing the name-brand shoes of a popular basketball 17 , Chuck Hart. 18 Hart was criticized for his poor sportsmanship(体育精神) and infamous 19 , he was a great player. In fact, Travis wasn't thinking about Hart' s behavior; he had only expected to see Hart’s 20 on the side of the box. The first indication that something was 21 came as he tore away the last piece of paper. Not Hart’s. The new shoes were the name-brand of another player, Robert Ryann, who was 22 for his amazing work in the community.

Travis’s hands 23 ; his heart stopped. It wasn't that the Ryann shoes weren’t nice, but what would his friends think? They were the wrong shoes and Travis would be 24 by the other players. When he looked up into his dad’s eyes, however, Travis 25 he would not tell him. "Thanks, Dad. I was really hoping for shoes," Travis said as he pulled the shoes out of the box.

Next morning his dad drove him to school. When they 26 in front of his destination, Travis opened the car door. Just then, his dad stopped him.

“Hey, Travis, wait a minute, look…” his dad said 27 ,“Travis, I know those aren’t the shoes you had hoped for, but I saw the names of the two guys and made a（n） 28 . The guy whose name is on those shoes,” he said, pointing down at Travis’s feet, “is someone I 29 . Do you know how often Ryann has found himself in 30 ?”

“No,” Travis said.

“Never. He’s never talked back to his coach or started a fight, and he’s a team player. You could have acted like a (n) 31 when you didn’t get the shoes you wanted, Travis, but you were 32 and made the best of it. You have such a good 33 , like the guy whose name is on these shoes. I’m hoping that someday, your name will be on the coolest pair of shoes I’ll ever see.”

When Travis looked down at his feet, he saw the shoes 34 . His dad had used his mind and heart to give the son a thoughtful 35 .

16．A．surprised B．ashamed C．excited D．worried

17．A．team B．player C．coach D．game

18．A．Unless B．If C．Because D．Although

19．A．skill B．performance C．behavior D．action

20．A．name B．photo C．sign D．model

21．A．strange B．wrong C．true D．funny

22．A．known B．encouraged C．protected D．influenced

23．A．fell B．froze C．shook D．folded

24．A．questioned B．smiled at C．laughed at D．noticed

25．A．hoped B．believed C．decided D．wished

26．A．pulled up B．put up C．took up D．turned up