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 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5: | A.talk | B.rest | C.walk | D.game |
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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.burden |
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小题16: | A.praise | B.produce | C.include | D.accept |
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小题18: | A.injured | 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.humorous | D.adventure |
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