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 (海盗)？

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 the 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.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.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】

这是一篇记叙文。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。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。

1.考查副词词义辨析。A. However 然而；B. Therefore因此；C. Besides 除此以外；D. Finally最终。上一句的句意是：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实的经历”。显然，两句具有转折关系（然而）。结合选项，故选A。

2.考查副词及介词短语辨析。A. alone 独自的；B. next door 隔壁；C. at home 在国内；D. abroad 在国外。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，而是与家人一起在国外居住多年。故选D。

3.考查名词词义辨析。A. meeting 会议；B. story故事；C. holiday 假期；D. job 工作。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，可以断定回国是为了“度假”，故选C。

4.考查名词词义辨析。A. Lloyd劳埃德；B. Robert罗伯特；C. Henley 亨利；D. Fanny 范妮。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Stevenson的儿子是Lloyd。故选A。

5.考查名词词义辨析。A. talk 交谈；B. rest 休息；C. walk步行；D. game 游戏。根据上文可知，他们是在度假，一家人去山上，因此一定是“漫步”。故选C。

6.考查动词词义辨析。A. attempting尝试；B. missing失去；C. planning计划；D. enjoying 享受。根据语境可知，每天山上漫步，一定感到很惬意，应该是一种“享受”。故选D。

7.考查形容词词义辨析。A. quiet安静的；B. dull枯燥的；C. busy 忙碌的；D. cold 冷的。根据上文可知，下大雨让他们不得不呆在室内。孩子感觉天一定会很“枯燥”，只有dull符合句意。故选B。

8.考查动词词义辨析。A. cleaning干净；B. writing 书写；C. drawing 画画；D. exercising 锻炼。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。故选C。

9.考查动词词义辨析。A. doubted 怀疑的；B. noticed注意到；C. decided决定；D. recognized 认出。“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。故选B。

10.考查名词词义辨析。A. the sea海；B. the house房子；C. Scotland苏格兰；D. the island 岛屿。根据上文a beautiful map of an island以及题目可判断是岛屿，故选D。

11.考查动词词义辨析。A. forgotten 忘记；B. buried埋藏；C. discovered 发现；D. unexpected 意料之外。根据常识可知，宝藏应该是被人埋藏在岛中的某个地点，因此选buried。故选B。

12.考查动词词义辨析。A. saw 看见，领悟；B. drew画；C. made 制作；D. learned 学。句意：突然，史蒂文森从儿子的绘画中领悟出一个探险故事。see含有“领会，觉察”之意。故选A。

13.考查名词词义辨析。A. book书本；B. reply回答；C. picture 图画；D. mind 精神。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。故选C。

14.考查名词词义辨析。A. star 明星；B. hero 英雄，主人公；C. writer作者；D. child 儿童。根据上文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是像他儿子一样的孩子。hero意思是“主人翁，英雄”。故选B。

15.考查名词词义辨析。A. help 帮助；B. problem 问题；C. use 利用；D. bottom 底部。句意：罗伯特有一个好朋友叫亨利，他在一条木腿的帮助下四处走动。with the help of表示“在……帮助下；借助于”。故选A。

16.考查动词词义辨析。A. praise赞扬；B. produce制造；C. include 包括；D. accept 接受。根据上文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。故选C。

17.考查副词词义辨析。A. Yet 然而；B. Also也；C. But但是；D. Thus 因此。句意：根据上文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可知，下文（高个子约翰·西尔弗，那个长着木腿的海盗诞生了）与上文之间为因果关系，因此用thus。故选D。

18.考查动词词义辨析。A. read 读；B. born出生，诞生；C. hired雇佣；D. written 写。根据上文这一句总结了海盗“诞生”的过程。故选B。

19.考查形容词词义辨析。A. rainy多雨的；B. sunny晴朗的；C. cool凉爽的；D. windy 多风的。根据上文因“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，因此，金银岛一书应多亏了那个“下雨的”九月。故选A。

20.考查名词词义辨析。A. news新闻；B. love爱；C. real-life现实；D. adventure冒险。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。故选D。