56.The writer thought Amery“a fair game”because the boy .
(A)looked like an animal
(B)was fond of games 　
(C)was of similar size
(D)was good at sports

词义推测题。利用语境法。根据语境，不难看出a fair game 与全文第一段最后一句of my own size or less意思相近，因此选C。