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.
29. A.However | B.Therefore | C.Besides | D.Finally |
30. A.alone | B.next door | C.at home | D.abroad |
31. A.meeting | B.story | C.holiday | D.job |
32. A.Lloyd | B.Robert | C.Henley | D.John |
33. 34. A.attempting | B.missing | C.planning | D.enjoying |
35. A.quiet | B.dull | C.busy | D.cold |
36. A.cleaning | B.writing | C.drawing | D.exercising |
37. A.doubted | B.noticed | C.decided | D.recognized |
38. A.the sea | B.the house | C.Scotland | D.the island |
39. A.forgotten | B.buried | C.discovered | D.unexpected |
40. A.saw | B.drew | C.made | D.learned |
41. A.book | B.reply | C.picture | D.mind |
42. A.star | B.hero | C.writer | D.child |
43. A.help | B.problem | C.use | D.bottom |
44. A.praise | B.produce | C.include | D.accept |
45. 46. A.read | B.born | C.hired | D.written |
47. A.rainy | B.sunny | C.cool | D.windy |
48. A.news | B.love | C.real-life | D.adventure |