Question

The True Story of Treasure Island

It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination.  ___36___，recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.

Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived    37    for many years in 1881 he returned to Scotland for a    38    . With him were his American wife Fanny and his son    39     .

Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long    40    over the hills. They had been   41    this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse, Kept indoors by the heavy rain. Lloyd felt the days    42    . To keep the boy happy Robert asked the boy to do some   43   .

One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert   44   that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of   45   . “What’s that?” he asked “That’s the    46   treasure “said the boy Robert suddenly   47   something of an adventure story in the boy’s   48   While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the   49    a twelve-year-old boy just like Lloyd.  But who would he the pirate（海盜）?

Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the   50   of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to   51   such a man in a story  52   Long John Silver the pirate with a wooden leg, was   53   .

So thanks to a    54   .September in Scotland a friend with a wooden leg and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy we have one of the greatest   55   stories in the English language.

36.A. However	B.   Therefore	C. Besides	D. Finally
37.A. alone	B.   next door	C. at home	D. abroad
38.A. meeting	B.  story	C. holiday	D. job
39.A. Lloyd	B.  Robert	C. Henley	D. John
40.A. talk	B.  rest	C. walk	D. game
41.A. attempting	B.   missing	C. planning	D. enjoying
42.A. quiet	B.  dull	C. busy	D.  cold
43.A. cleaning	B.  writing	C. drawing	D. exercising
44.A. doubted	B.  noticed	C. decided	D. recognized
45.A. the sea	B.  the house	C. Scotland	D. the island
46. A forgotten	B.  buried	C. discovered	D. unexpected
47. A. saw	B.  drew	C. made	D. learned
48. A. book	B.  reply	C. picture	D. mind
49. A. star	B.  hero	C. writer	D. child
50. A. help	B.  problem	C. use	D. burden
51. A. praise	B.  produce	C.  include	D. accept
52. A. Yet	B.  Also	C. But	D. Thus
53. A. injured	B.  born	C. hired	D. written
54. A. rainy	B.  sunny	C. cool	D. windy
55. A. news	B.  love	C. humorous	D. adventure

Answer 1

36． A

解析：表示轉(zhuǎn)折，意指“然而”，最近的研究已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)了這個(gè)令人興奮的工作是真實(shí)的故事。

37． D

解析：從下文他返回蘇格蘭可知，他居住在國外。

38． C

解析：從句意他和他的孩子及美國妻子一同回家度假。for a holiday 為度假。

39． A

解析：同位語表明他兒子的姓名，同時(shí)。

40． C

解析： 從句意上理解，Stevenson每個(gè)早晨帶他們?nèi)ド⒉�，故�?yīng)用walk。

41． D

解析：從下文得知，在天氣變糟糕之前，他們一直享受著好天氣。

42． B

解析：由上文可知由于大雨使勞埃德整天呆在屋里，勞埃德感到無聊。故選B。

43． C

解析：句意為：為了使勞埃德高興，他叫勞埃德畫畫。

44． B

解析：羅伯特注意到勞埃德在地圖的島的中間畫了一個(gè)大十字。

45． D

解析：由上文知道，勞埃德拿著一副漂亮的島的地圖。故選D。

46． B

解析：由回答可知，此處是標(biāo)明埋葬寶藏的地方。

47． A

解析：根據(jù)句意：羅伯特突然看出在這男孩的圖畫上有一些冒險(xiǎn)的故事。

48． C

解析：依據(jù)上句可知。

49． B

解析：由前后句可以判斷出來，他做海盜，而讓勞埃德做英雄。

50． A

解析：從文章中可以看出，羅伯特有一個(gè)好朋友名叫亨利，他是腿殘疾的人，在木制的假腿幫助下，才能行走。With the help of表示在……幫助下。

51． C

解析：根據(jù)句意：羅伯特一直想在他的故事里有這樣一個(gè)人。故事中的人物包括這樣一個(gè)人。故用C。

52． D

解析：因此，他的小說誕生了。

53． B

解析：由上文可知選B。

54． A

解析：句意為：多虧雨天，使他將蘇格蘭木腿朋友和一個(gè)富有想象的十二歲男孩聯(lián)系在一起。

55． D

解析：從文章題目寶島是真實(shí)的故事推斷出是冒險(xiǎn)經(jīng)歷。故選D。