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 lived2 for many-years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a 3 . With him were his American wife Fanny and his son 4  .

 Each morning Robert would take them out for a long  5  over the hills. They had been 6 this for

several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by 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 9  that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of 10 . "What's that?" he asked. " That's the 11 treasure," said the boy. Robert suddenly 12 something 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 14 a 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 15 of a wooden leg. Rob?ert had always wanted to 16 such a man in a story.

 Long 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  20  stories 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. learnt

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

1. A however表示转折，意为"然而"。最近的研究巳经发现了这是真实的故事。

2.D从下文他返回苏格兰可知，他居住在国外。

3.C从句意知道他和他的孩子及美国妻子一起去度假。for a holiday为度假。

4.八同位语结构表明此处是他儿子的名字，由下文提示可知。

5.C根据句意可知，罗伯特每天早晨带他们去散歩，故应用walk。

6.D从下文得知，在天气变糟糕之前，他们一直享受着这一活动。

7.B由上文可知由于大雨Lloyd整天待在屋里，Lloyd感到无聊。

8.C为了使Lloyd高兴，他叫Lloyd画画。

9.B罗伯特注意到Lloyd在地图的岛的中间《了 一个大十字。

10.D由上文可知，Lloyd拿着一幅漂亮的岛的地图。故选D。

11.B由回答可知，此处是埋有宝藏的地方。

12.A罗伯特突然看出在这幅画上有一些冒险的故事。

13.C依据上句可知。

14.B由前后句可以判断出，他写的故事的男主角正是像Lloyd—样12岁的男孩。

15.A从文章中可以看出，罗伯特有一个好朋友名叫Hen- ley，他是 腿有残疾的人 ，在木 制的假腿的帮助下，才能行 走。with the help of表示"在... 的帮助下"。

16.C罗伯特一直想在他的故事里有这样一个人，即故事中的人物包括这样一个人。故选C。

17.D 因此，他小说的人物诞生了。

18.B由上文可知选B。

19.A

20.D