Directions: For each blank in the passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Many years ago I was on a bicycle trip through some exceedingly picturesque (如画的) countryside. Suddenly, dark clouds piled up overhead and rain began to fall, but strange to ___50___, several hundred yards ahead of me the sun shone brilliantly. Riding, however, as rapidly as I could, I found it ___51___ to get into the clear. The clouds with their rain kept advancing faster than I could race forward. I continued this unequal contest for an exhausting half hour, ___52___ realizing that I could not win my way to the bright area ahead of me.
Then it dawned upon me that I was wasting my strength in unimportant hurry, while paying no attention whatsoever to the landscape ___53___ which I was making the trip. The storm could not last forever and the discomfort was not unendurable. Indeed, there was much to look at which might ___54___ have escaped me. As I gazed about with sharpened ___55___, I saw colours and lines and shapes that would have appeared differently under brilliant light. The rain mists (薄雾) which now ___56___ the wooded hills and the fresh clearness of the different greens were entrancing (迷人的). My annoyance at the rain was gone and my eagerness to ___57___ it disappeared. It had provided me with a new view and helped me understand that the ___58___ of beauty and satisfaction may be found close at hand within the ___59___ of one’s own sensibilities.
It made me think, then and later, about other matters to which this incident was related. It helped me realize that there is no sense in my ___60___ ever to flee from circumstances and conditions which cannot be avoided but which I might bravely ___61___ and frequently mend and often turn to good account. I know that half the battle is won if I can face trouble with courage, __62__ with spirit, and triumph with humility. It has become ever clearer to me that danger is far from disaster, that defeat may be the forerunner of final ___63___, and that, in the last analysis, all achievement is dangerously weak ___64___ based on enduring principles of moral conduct.

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     2for 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     5over the hills. They had been     6this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors 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     9that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of     10. “What’s that?” he asked. “That’s the    11treasure,” said the boy. Robert suddenly    12something 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   14a 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   15of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to    16such a man in a story.   17Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was     18.

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

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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　　I used to love science class—all of them—　　    (1)____

biology, chemistry, geography, physics. I think I　　  (2)____

liked those classes because I felt that it helped me   (3)____

understand what the world works. For example, when　　 (4)____

I was a child, the rain was a mystery（奥秘）. In one  (5)____

class, I learned it rained. I think science classes    (6)____

clear up mysteries. But then there is always more　　  (7)____

mysteries look into. What was my least favourite class?(8)____

That was maths. After learn the basics of the subject, (9)____

nothing else seemed very practically to me. I never    (10) _______

saw how I could use it in my daily life.

The True Story of Treasure Island
It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination.  ___36___，recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.
Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived    37    for many years in 1881 he returned to Scotland for a    38    . With him were his American wife Fanny and his son    39     .
Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long    40    over the hills. They had been   41    this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse, Kept indoors by the heavy rain. Lloyd felt the days    42    . To keep the boy happy Robert asked the boy to do some   43   .
One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert   44   that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of   45   . “What’s that?” he asked “That’s the    46   treasure “said the boy Robert suddenly  47   something of an adventure story in the boy’s   48   While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the   49    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   50   of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to   51   such a man in a story  52   Long John Silver the pirate with a wooden leg, was   53   .
So thanks to a    54   .September in Scotland a friend with a wooden leg and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy we have one of the greatest   55   stories in the English language.