Question

It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson's imagination. 16___ , recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.

        Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived    17    for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a    18   , with him were his American wife Fanny and his son    19   .

Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long    20    over the hills. They had been    21   this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain Lloyd felt the days    22   . To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some    23   .

One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert    24  that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of    25   .  "What's that ?" he asked. "That's the    26    treasure." said the boy. Robert suddenly    27    something of an adventure story in the boy's    28   . While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the    29    a twelve-year-old boy just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate?

Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the    30    of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to    31    such a man in a story.    32    Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was    33  .

        So thanks to a    34    September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the   greatest    35    stories in the English language.

A. However        B.  Therefore        C. Besides         D. Finally

A. alone             B. next door           C. at home         D. abroad

A. meeting         B. story                   C. holiday         D. job

A. Lloyd             B. Robert               C. Henley          D. John

A. talk                  B. rest                  C. walk              D. game

A. attempting       B. missing            C. planning        D. enjoying

A. quiet                 B. dull                  C. busy              D. cold

A. cleaning            B. writing             C. drawing         D. exercising

A. doubted          B. noticed              C. decided           D. recognized

A. the sea          B. the house           C. Scotland         D. the island

A. forgotten       B. buried               C. discovered      D. unexpected

A. saw               B. drew                  C. made               D. learned

A. book             B. reply                  C. picture             D. mind

A. star               B. hero                   C. writer               D. child

A. help            B. problem            C. use               D. bottom

A. praise         B. produce             C. include         D. accept

A. Yet              B. Also                  C. But               D. Thus

A. read           B. born                  C. hired             D. written

A. rainy          B. sunny                 C. cool              D. windy

A. news          B. love                   C. real-life         D. adventure 

Answer 1

【小题1】A

【小题2】D

【小题3】C

【小题4】A

【小题5】C

【小题6】D

【小题7】B

【小题8】C

【小题9】B

【小题10】D

【小题11】B

【小题12】A

【小题13】C

【小题14】B

【小题15】A

【小题16】C

【小题17】D

【小题18】B

【小题19】A

【小题20】D

解析:

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