6. 2009·宁夏、海南、全国Ⅰ卷 完形填空

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 exciting 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 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 he the pirate（海盗）?

Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the   50   of a 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．jib

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

答案  36.A  37.D  38.C  39.A  40.C  41.D   42.B  43.C  44.B  45.D  46.B  47.A  48.C  49.B  50.A  51.C   52.D  53.B  54.A  55.D