The True Story of Treasure Island

It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination. ___1___,recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.

Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived   2  for many years in 1881 he returned to Scotland for a  3 . With him were his American wife Fanny and his son  4   .

Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long   5  over the hills. They had been 6 this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse, Kept indoors by the heavy rain. Lloyd felt the days  7  . To keep the boy happy Robert asked the boy to do some  8 .

One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert 9 that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of  10 . “What’s that?” he asked “That’s the  11  treasure “said the boy Robert suddenly 12 something of an adventure story in the boy’s  13 While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the   14 a twelve-year-old boy just like Lloyd. But who would he the pirate(海盗)?

Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the  15 of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to  16  such a man in a story 17  Long John Silver the pirate with a wooden leg, was  18  .

So thanks to a  19  .September in Scotland a friend with a wooden leg and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy we have one of the greatest  20  stories in the English language.

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

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

3.A.meeting B.story      C.holiday D.jib

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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