Question

The True Story of Treasure Island

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

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

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

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

Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the __  __ of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to   ____ such a man in a story. _  __ Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was _  ___.

So, thanks to a___  ___ September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of greatest _  ____ 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. 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. burden

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

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

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

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

20.A. news                    B. love              C. humorous    D. adventure

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.C

17.D

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了一個冒險故事是如何產(chǎn)生的。羅伯特是蘇格蘭人，1881年，他帶著妻子和孩子回蘇格蘭度假。在一個下雨的一天，羅伯特讓兒子在家畫畫，兒子畫了一個埋藏寶藏的海島。這引發(fā)了羅伯特的創(chuàng)作靈感，創(chuàng)作了一個尋寶的冒險故事。

1.根據(jù)“ Stevenson's imagination...recent research has found”可知，寶島是羅伯特想象出來的，但是最近的研究證實了它的存在。這里是轉折關系。故選A。

2.根據(jù)“Stevenson, a Scotsman,...In 1881 he returned to Scotland”可知，蘇格蘭人羅伯特一直住在國外。A單獨；B隔壁；C在國內；D在國外。故選D。

3.根據(jù)“Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long    over the hills.”可知，他們上午有時間散步，不可能是去蘇格蘭工作。A會議；B故事；C假期；D工作。故選C。

4.根據(jù)“Lloyd felt the days   __”可知，羅伯特的兒子叫Lloyd。故選A。

5.根據(jù)“over the hills”可知，是在山間散步，take sb out for a walk帶某人外出散步，A談話；B休息；C散步；D游戲。故選C。

6.在天氣變壞之前，他們一家人很享受散步的時光。A企圖；B錯過；C計劃；D享受。故選D。

7.下雨天被困在家里，Lloyd感到無聊。A安靜的；B無聊的；C繁忙的；D寒冷的。故選B。

8.根據(jù)下面的“with a beautiful map of an island”可知，羅伯特讓兒子畫畫。A打掃；B寫作；C畫畫；D鍛煉。故選C。

9.羅伯特注意到地圖上的一個叉子。A懷疑；B注意到；C決定；D認出。故選B。

10.根據(jù)“a beautiful map of an island”可知，羅伯特看到的是兒子的畫的島。故選D。

11.兒子標記的是被埋藏的寶藏。A忘記；B埋藏；C發(fā)現(xiàn)；D預料之外。故選B。

12.Robert suddenly _  _something of an adventure story羅伯特突然看到了一個冒險故事，A看到；B畫；C制作；D學習。故選A。

13.in the boy’s _  _從兒子的畫里看到了一個冒險故事。A書；B回復；C圖畫；D大腦。故選C。

14.He would make the     a twelve-year-old boy, just like Lloyd.他把主人公定為一個像他兒子一樣的12歲的男孩。A明星；B主人公；C作家；D孩子。故選B。

15.who walked around with the _  _ of a wooden leg靠一根木制的腿行走，A幫助；B問題；C作用；D負擔。with the help of...在......的幫助下。故選A。

16.Robert had always wanted to   ____ such a man in a story.羅伯特一直想在故事里添加一個這樣的人。A表揚；B生產(chǎn)；C包括；D接受。故選C。

17._  __ Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg,因此，有一條木腿的海盜就誕生了。A然而；B也；C但是；D因此。故選D。

18.羅伯特以兒子朋友為創(chuàng)作原型，設計了一個海盜。A受傷；B出生；C雇傭；D寫作。故選B。

19.thanks to a___  ___ September in Scotland,多虧了蘇格蘭一個下雨的九月，A下雨的，多雨的；B晴朗的；C涼爽的；D多風的。根據(jù)前文可知，羅伯特的兒子是在下雨的時候創(chuàng)作的畫，給了爸爸靈感。故選A。

20.根據(jù)“an adventure story in the boy’s _  _”可知，羅伯特想創(chuàng)作一個冒險故事。A消息；B愛；C幽默的；D冒險的。故選D。

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