【推荐2】The short story “After twenty years” is set in New York on a cold, dark night. Most people have left work to go home, and this part of the city is now _______. A policeman who is checking the area sees a man _______ a shop. He goes up to the man and finds he has a scar(疤痕) on his face. _______ have a talk and the man starts to tell his story.

“Twenty years ago tonight,” said the man, “I had dinner here at ‘Big Joe’ Brady’s with Jim, my best friend, and finest young man in the world. He and I were raised here in New York, just like two _______, together. I was eighteen and Jim was twenty. The next morning I was to start for the West to make money. You _______ have dragged(拖，拽) Jim out of New York; he thought it was the only place in the world. Well, we agreed that night we would meet here again exactly _______ years from that date and time, no matter _______ our conditions might be or which city we might come from. ”

“It sounds pretty interesting,” said the policeman. “It’s a long time between meets. Haven’t you heard from your friend _______ you left?”

“Well, yes, for a time we corresponded(通信),” said the man. “But after a year or two we lost track(踪迹) of   _____. You see, the West is a pretty big place, and I kept working hard these years. But I know Jim will meet me here if he’s alive, for he always was a truest old friend in the world. He’ll never forget. I came a thousand miles to stand at this door tonight, and it’s worth it ________ my old partner shows up.”

(Excerpts(节选） from “After twenty years” by O. Henry)

People have many hobbies. Jim Hawkins loved adventure (冒险). When a blind man named Black Dog came to live with him and his mother in their hotel, Jim had no _________ that he would get into one great big dangerous adventure.

One morning, Black Dog died. Jim and his mother found an old map in his box. It _________ a treasure (财宝) map. Jim was really _________ and he would go and look for the treasure. So he _________ to set sail at once.

It was a long journey. In the ship Jim met a one-legged sailor who was a cook in the ship. His name was Silver. Silver was very humorous and he always made Jim _________. One stormy night, feeling _________, Jim walked up to one of the containers that were full of apples. Suddenly, he heard a _________. Silver said, “Tomorrow we will reach Treasure Island. As soon as I _________ the signal (信号), we will take all passengers on board as prisoners. Then we can take the map and _________ the treasure. We shall go back to our places before anyone sees.”

When they saw the island, Silver put his __________ into practice. At last Jim ran away. He sailed back home, leaving Silver and his men on the island forever.