Question

 

The True Story of Treasure Island

It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination.     1, recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.

Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived     2for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a     3. With him were his American wife Fanny and his son     4.

Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long     5over the hills. They had been     6this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days     7. To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some    8.

One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert     9that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of     10. “What’s that?” he asked. “That’s the    11treasure,” said the boy. Robert suddenly    12something of an adventure story in the boy’s   13.While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the   14a twelve-year-old boy, just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate (海盗)？

Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the   15of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to    16such a man in a story.   17Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was     18.

So, thanks to a    19September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest     20stories in the English language.

1.A. However         B. Therefore       C. Besides       D. Finally

2.A. alone            B. next door       C. at home       D. abroad

3.A. meeting          B. story           C. holiday       D. job

4.A. Lloyd           B. Robert          C. Henley        D. John

5.A. talk             B. rest            C. walk          D. game

6.A. attempting       B. missing         C. planning       D. enjoying

7.A. quiet            B. dull            C. busy          D. cold

8.A. cleaning         B. writing        C. drawing         D. exercising

9.A. doubted         B. noticed        C. decided          D. recognized

10.A. the sea          B. the house      C. Scotland          D. the island

11.A. forgotten        B. buried         C. discovered        D. unexpected

12.A. saw            B. drew          C. made             D. learned

13.A. book           B. reply          C. picture            D. mind

14.A. star            B. hero           C. writer            D. child

15.A. help           B. problem        C. use              D. bottom

16.A. praise          B. produce       C. include           D. accept

17.A. Yet            B. Also          C. But              D. Thus

18.A. read           B. born          C. hired             D. written

19.A. rainy          B. sunny         C. cool              D. windy

20.A. news          B. love          C. real-life           D. adventure

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

【解析】空格前句意是“人们一直认为《金银岛》一书是史蒂文森凭空想象出来的”，后面的句意是“最近的一项研究发现这部令人激动的作品的一些真是的经历”。显然，两句具有转折关系。

2.D

【解析】根据前面的Stevenson, a Scotsman以及后句的“In 1881 he returned to Scotland....”及“With him were his American wife Fanny and his son”可判断空格中应表明他不是独身一人，二是与家人一起在国外居住多年。

3.C

【解析】 根据第三段中第一句Each morning Stevenson would take them out ... over the hills,可判断他们每天早上是爬山游玩，一次断定回国是为了“度假”。

4.A

【解析】 根据Kept indoors the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days以及下文的To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy...，可判断是Lloyd。

5.C

【解析】既然是度假，而且是一家人去山上，因此一定是“漫步”。

6.D

【解析】每天山上漫步，一定感到很惬意，应该是一种“享受”。

7.B

【解析】然而大雨却让他们不得不呆在室内。孩子感觉天一定会很“阴暗”，只有dull符合句意。

8.C

【解析】根据下文的with a beautiful map of an island以及the boy had drawn a large cross...可判断是drawing。

9.B

【解析】“孩子在图上岛的中间画了一个十字”，这个应该是父亲细心，“注意到”的事情。

10.D

【解析】根据上文a beautiful map of an island以及题目可判断。

11.B

【解析】宝藏应该是被人埋藏在岛中的某个地点，因此选buried。

12.A

【解析】句意为：突然，史蒂文森从儿子的绘画中设想出一个探险故事。see含有“设想、预想”之意。

13.C

【解析】 上文谈到儿子拿来一幅画给父亲看，因此可判断父亲是从儿子的绘画中得到灵感。

14.B

【解析】上文有父亲坐在炉火旁写作，因此可判断，这里是他想让故事中的主人翁就是他儿子一样的孩子。hero意思是“主人翁，英雄”。

15.A

【解析】词组with the help of表示“在……帮助下；借助于”。

16.C

【解析】上文有故事的主人翁产生了，海盗是谁呢？作者紧接着突然提及父亲有一个朋友，借助于一只木头腿走路，而下文中的such a man in the story即指这个朋友，可见意思是在书中“包括”这样一个人物。

17.D

【解析】上下文之间为因果关系，故填thus。

18.B

【解析】根据上文这一句总结了海盗“诞生”的过程。

19.A

【解析】上文有因“雨”，才有后面的故事，因“孩子”，“木头腿的朋友”才有了故事的中的人物，金银岛一书应多亏了那个“下雨的”九月等。

20.D

【解析】根据47空后的an adventure story暗示，以及常识可知《金银岛》是探险小说。

【短文大意】

人们认为《金银岛》一书是史蒂文森凭空想象出来的，然而最近的研究表明这部作品出笼的细节。

史蒂文森旅居国外多年，在1881年，他从美国携带妻子和儿子回国度假。由于天气一直下雨，他们呆在宾馆。为了让儿子高兴，他就让儿子作画来。一天早上，儿子拿着一张画有岛屿的画作来找父亲，他在岛中画了一个十字符号，说是那里有埋藏的珍宝。于是，一部用英语写成的伟大的的探险小说在史蒂文森的笔下完成了。