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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