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I remembered I had a gun if I needed it, and turned back towards this man of the island. He was hiding behind another tree but stepped out to meet me.

‘Who are you ? ’I asked, staring at him.

‘Ben Gunn ,’he answered, and his voice sounded rough and strange .His skin was burnt nearly black by the sun and his clothes were made from pieces of a ship's sail. ‘Poor Ben Gunn,’ he went on. ‘Alone for three years.’

‘Were you shipwrecked(船遇難)?’I asked.

‘No ,my friend,’ he said. ‘Marooned.’

I had heard the word before, and knew it meant a cruel(殘忍的)punishment often used by pirates(海盜)－leaving a man alone on some distant, empty island.

‘Marooned for three years, ’he continued,‘ living on wild goats and fish. But I'm in a great need for real English food back home. You don't have a piece of cheese, do you? Many nights I've dreamed of cheese.’

He continued. ‘Well, tell me your name. ’

‘Jim,’ I told him.

‘Well, Jim,’ he said, looking around and lowering his voice to a whisper, ‘I'm rich.’ I was now sure the poor man was crazy ,but he repeated his words. ‘Rich, I say! Now ,Jim ,that isn't Flint's ship, is it?’

I began to think that I had found a friend, and I answered him at once. ‘It's not Flint's ship any more. Flint is dead, but there are still some of Flint's men aboard, and that's bad news for us.’

‘A man with one leg?’ he asked, fear in his voice.

‘Silver?’I asked.

‘Yes ,Silver,’ he said, ‘that was his name.’

‘He's the cook, and their leader ,too.’ And I told him the fight between Flint and the cook, and the danger we were now in.

‘You're in trouble, Jim,’ he said when I'd finished. ‘Well, Ben Gunn will help you. Will your squire(鄉(xiāng)紳) be generous if I do, do you think? I don't want him to give me a job, but will he give me one thousand pounds out of money that's really mine?’

‘I'm sure he will,’ I said. (Adapted from Treasure Island)

1.What were Ben’s clothes made of?

A. a fishing net B. a piece of ship's sail

C. a piece of old cloth D. a blanket

2.What is the correct order of the story?

①Jim met Ben on the island. ②Ben wanted to get his 1000 pounds.

③Silver became the leader of the ship. ④Flint was dead.

A. ①④③② B. ①④②③ C. ④①③② D. ④③①②

3.What does underlined word ‘Marooned’ mean ________ in the passage?

A. 絞刑 B. 釋放 C. 流放 D. 謀殺

4.From Ben’s words, he probably came from_________.

A. America B. Brazil C. Britain D. France

5.It can be inferred(推斷)from the passage that___________.

A. Ben was marooned for 3 years on the island.

B. Ben became a rich man with the help of Jim.

C. Jim and Ben used to work on Flint’s ship.

D. Silver was an awful man and perhaps he had Flint killed.

Answer 1