John11yearsoldwasinbedinhospital.Severaldaysbeforewhilehewas46inabaseballgamehefellandhithishead.Thedoctorbelievedthathemight47getwell.“Heseemstohavegiv

John11yearsoldwasinbedinhospital.Severaldaysbeforewhilehewas 46 inabaseballgamehefellandhithishead.Thedoctorbelievedthathemight 47 getwell.

“Heseemstohavegivenuphope.Somedicinealonewon’t 48.Perhapsheneedssomethingelse”saidadoctor.“WhenIvisithimallheeversaysisthathewouldliketomeetBabeRuth.”

TomeetBabeRuthofcoursewasnot 49 .InAmericaBabeRuthwasas  50 amanasthePresidenthimselfandhewasthemostfamousbaseballplayer.

ThenextdayJohn’sfathermanaged（设法）totellBabeRuthaboutthestoryofhissononthephone.Twenty-fourhourslaterastheboy 51 inhishospitalroominwalked 52 .YoungJohncouldhardlybelievehisowneyes!

ThegreatbaseballplayersatdownatJohn’sbedsidesaying“Nowlistenkidyou’vegottogetwell.I’vebroughtyouanewAmericanLeaguebaseball 53 youmuststartthrowingit.”

ForJohnthiswasthebeginningofanewlife. 54 hisdoctor’ssurprisetheboywalkedoutofthehospitalonhisownafewweekslater.Hewasabletoliveahealthylife—allbecauseofthe 55 ofBabeRuth.

46.A.looking            B.playing         C.taking             D.sitting

47.A.never               B.ever            C.always             D.certainly

48.A.fit                B.make            C.go              D.work

49.A.easy            B.lucky               C.difficult           D.successful

50.A.strong              B.important           C.kind            D.clever

51.A.walked             B.lied            C.prepared        D.lay

52.A.hisfather          B.hisdoctor          C.BabeRuth          D.thepresident

53.A.though             B.although        C.or              D.so

54.A.In                 B.To              C.At              D.For

55.A.story               B.basketball          C.present         D.life