D
I remembered I had a gun if I needed it，and turned back towards this man of the island. He was hiding behind another tree but stepped out to meet me.
"Who are you?" I asked，staring at him.
"Ben Gunn，" he answered，and his voice sounded rough and strange. His skin was burnt nearly black by the sun and his clothes were made from pieces of a ship's sail. "Poor Ben Gunn，" he went on. "Alone for three years."
"Were you shipwrecked(船遇难)?" I asked.
"No，my friend，" he said. "Marooned."
I had heard the word before，and knew it meant a cruel(残忍的) punishment often used by pirates(海盗)—leaving a man alone on a distant，empty island.
"Marooned for three years，" he continued，"living on wild goats and fish. But I'm in a great need for real English food back home. You don't have a piece of cheese，do you? Many nights I've dreamed of cheese."
He continued，"Well，tell me your name."
"Jim，" I told him.
"Well，Jim，" he said，looking around and lowering his voice to a whisper，"I'm rich." I was now sure the poor man was crazy，but he repeated his words. "Rich，I say! Now，Jim，that isn't Flint's ship，is it?"
I began to think that I had found a friend，and I answered him at once. "It's not Flint's ship any more. Flint is dead，but there are still some of Flint's men aboard，and that's bad news for us."
"A man with one leg?" he asked，fear in his voice.
"Silver?" I asked.
"Yes，Silver，" he said，"that was his name."
"He's the cook，and their leader too." And I told him the fight between Flint and the cook，and the danger we were now in.
"You're in trouble，Jim，" he said when I'd finished. "Well，Ben Gunn will help you. Will your squire(乡绅) be generous if I do，do you think? I don't want him to give me a job，but will he give me one thousand pounds out of money that's really mine?"
"I'm sure he will，" I said.
—Adapted from Treasure Island
()37. What is the correct order of the story?
①Jim met Ben on the island.
②Ben wanted to get his 1,000 pounds.
③Silver became the leader of the ship.
④Flint was dead.
A. ④③①②
B. ①④②③
C. ④①③②
D. ①④③②
()38. What does the underlined word "Marooned" mean in Chinese?
A. 绞刑
B. 释放
C. 谋杀
D. 流放
()39. From Ben's words，he probably came from .
A. America
B. Brazil
C. France
D. Britain
()40. What can we infer from the passage?
A. Ben was marooned for 3 years on the island.
B. Ben became a rich man with the help of Jim.
C. Silver was an awful man and perhaps he had Flint killed.
D. Jim and Ben used to work on Flint's ship.

37. A 38. D 39. D 40. C

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，包含事件排序、词义猜测、细节理解、推理判断四类题型。解题时需先通读原文，定位各题目对应的关键语句：37题需梳理事件先后顺序，38题结合上下文猜词义，39题根据人物表述推断来源，40题通过原文信息合理推断隐含内容，逐一分析选项排除错误答案。
【解析】
37题：根据原文，事件顺序为：①Flint is dead（原文“Flint is dead”）；②Silver became the leader（原文“Silver...their leader too”）；③Jim met Ben（原文开头Jim遇到Ben Gunn）；④Ben wanted 1000 pounds（原文最后Ben询问乡绅是否会给1000磅），故正确顺序为④③①②，对应选项A。
38题：原文提到“marooned”是海盗的残忍惩罚，意为“把人单独留在遥远的空岛上”，对应中文“流放”，故选D。
39题：Ben说“in a great need for real English food”，说明他来自英国，需要英国本土食物，故选D。
40题：原文提到“the fight between Flint and the cook（Silver）”，且Silver是海盗的领导者，可推断Silver可能杀害了Flint；A选项是原文直接表述，并非推断内容，B选项与原文不符，D选项无依据，故选C。
【答案】
37.A 38.D 39.D 40.C
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、词义猜测、推理判断
【点评】
本题节选自经典名著《金银岛》，考查学生对文章细节的梳理、词义的猜测及逻辑推理能力，需学生精准定位原文信息，区分直接表述与推断内容，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6