Question

第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

    请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

      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 exiting 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 of 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 be the pirates(海盗)?

Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the ___50_____ of w 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. bottom

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

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

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

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

55. A. news       B. love          C. real—life        D. adventure

Answer 1

36—40 ADCAC    41—45 DBCBD  46—50 BACBA    51—55 CDBAD