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.
| 【小题1】 | | A．However | B．Therefore | C．Besides | D．Finally |
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| 【小题2】 | | A．alone | B．next door | C．at home | D．abroad |
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| 【小题3】 | | A．meeting | B．story | C．holiday | D．job |
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| 【小题4】 | | A．Lloyd | B．Robert | C．Henley | D．John |
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| 【小题6】 | | A．attempting | B．missing | C．planning | D．enjoying |
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| 【小题7】 | | A．quiet | B．dull | C．busy | D．cold |
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| 【小题8】 | | A．cleaning | B．writing | C．drawing | D．exercising |
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| 【小题9】 | | A．doubted | B．noticed | C．decided | D．recognized |
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| 【小题10】 | | A．the sea | B．the house | C．Scotland | D．the island |
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| 【小题11】 | | A．forgotten | B．buried | C．discovered | D．unexpected |
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| 【小题12】 | | A．saw | B．drew | C．made | D．learned |
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| 【小题13】 | | A．book | B．reply | C．picture | D．mind |
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| 【小题14】 | | A．star | B．hero | C．writer | D．child |
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| 【小题15】 | | A．help | B．problem | C．use | D．bottom |
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| 【小题16】 | | A．praise | B．produce | C．include | D．accept |
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| 【小题18】 | | A．read | B．born | C．hired | D．written |
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| 【小题19】 | | A．rainy | B．sunny | C．cool | D．windy |
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| 【小题20】 | | A．news | B．love | C．real-life | D．adventure |
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