42. A. waited　　　 　　　 B. laid　　　　 　　　　　　 C. prepared　　　 　　　 D. lay

41. A. so　　　　 　　　 B. and　　　　 　 　　　 C. but　　　　　 　 　　　 D. or

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

39. A. even　　 　　　　　　 B. also　　　　 　　　　　 C. ever　　　　 　　　　　 D. still

38. A. game　　　 　　　 　　　 B. study　　　　 　 　　　 C. medicine　 　　　　　　 D. hope

37. A. seldom　　 　　　 B. often　　　　　 　　 C. never　　　 　　　　　 D. always

36. A. playing　　 　　　 B. sitting　　　 　 　　　 C. looking　　 　　　　　 D. stopping

45. A. a little　　　 　　 B. more than　　　 　　　 C. over　　　　 　　 D. less than

练习五

Johnny Sylvester, eleven years old, was in bed in the hospital. Several days before, while he was __36__ in a football game, he fell and his head hit the ground. The doctors believed that he might __37__ get well.

“He seems to have given up __38__. So medicine won't do. Perhaps he needs something else,” said one of the doctors. “When I visit Johnny, all he __39__ says is that he would like to meet Babe Ruth.”

To meet Babe Ruth, of course, was not possible. Babe Ruth was as __40__ a man in America as the president (总统) himself, __41__ he was the most famous baseball player in the game.

The next day Johnny's father managed to tell Babe Ruth about the story of Johnny on the phone. Twenty-four hours later, as Johnny __42__ in his hospital room, Babe Ruth walked in. Young Johnny couldn't __43__ it really was the Babe.

Babe Ruth sat down at Johnny's bedside and said, “Now listen, kid, you’ve got to get well. I’ve brought you a new American League baseball. You must start throwing it.”

Sylvester just stayed there, saying nothing, and his eyes were __44__ in awe(敬慕)at the great man.

For Johnny this was the beginning of a new life, one he thought he would never __45__. To the surprise of his doctors, young Sylvester walked out of the hospital on his own a few weeks later. He was also able to live a healthy life---all because of the present of Babe Ruth.

44. A. no　　　　　 　　 B. any　　　　　 　　　 C. some　　　　 　 D. enough

43. A. buy 　　　　　　 B. order　　　　　 　　　 C. choose　　　 　　 D. take