阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The True Story of Treasure Island

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 _20over 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(海盗)?

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 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. burden

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

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

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

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

A. news            B. love                C. humorous          D. adventure

Dahlia was running around the house screaming and crying. “I hate her! I hate her! I will __26__   play with her again!” Finally, her steps slowed,  __27__  she told her father what had happened. He listened attentively.   __28__   she stopped, he asked, “Is there __29__  else?” Dahlia added more details and began  __30__  bitterly again. Father was listening. When Dahlia   __31__  talking, he said, “It must __32__ you to be made fun of like this by your best friend Tina.” Dahlia  __33__  her father’s embrace（拥抱）and support as she cried  __34__  more in his arms. Then as  __35__   as the storm of tears began, she was finished. She got up and  _36__  announced, “Daddy, did you know that tomorrow Tina and I are going together to the beach? We are  __37__   a log house there with Adam and Tom, I will tell Tina before we go that I   __38__   ruin her work again, and I’m sure she will be  __39__ to me. ”
　　Why was this encounter (sudden meeting) so successful? How did Dahlia __40__  her sadness so completely and realize her responsibility in the matter __41__  her own?
　　There were three main parts in her father’s reaction that   __42__  : (A) Attention (B) Respect (C) Trust. He gave his daughter __43__ attention and took her seriously as she   __44__  her feelings. He respected her by not coming with words of wisdom, advice or help. He validated（证实）the feelings she __45__ . And he trusted her to do and say what she needed in order to lead herself toward resolution of her emotions.

Pulled from the rubble （碎砖）of the big earthquake after eight days of unimaginable suffering, 8- year-old Kiki Joachin caught the world’s attention. Today he and his 21  struggle to rebuild their home, their lives and their hopes.

When the terrible earthquake broke out, Kiki’s mother 22  from the porch （门廊）of their apartment building  23  her five –year-old-son, David, who was outside fetching water. 24  injured by falling concrete （水泥），she tried to dig through it and  25 toward her five other kids who were 26  in the ruins of their home.  27 , she could make little progress.

For eight days Kiki and his  28  were buried beneath. They curled  (蜷缩)  their bodies in a (n)  29  space, with no food or water, hardly able to move; nearby lay the  30  of their three other siblings（兄弟姐妹）. Kiki 31  as his sister covered them with her T-shirt.

On the eighth day, a neighbour  32  her possessions heard Kiki’s  33  cries for water. Two  34 spent the next four hours 35 drilling through the rubble and finally  36  Kiki and his sister. As Kiki was  37  by the firefighters from the hole, he made a victory gesture.

Now Kiki hopes to be an engineer when he grows up, so he can help 38  his country. His father wants to start a  39  for his family, maybe selling rice and beans, to be able to put another room on the house so his kids can sleep better. Meanwhile, his father and mother are   40 for what they have and the survival of the three children.

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children (MGHfC) have invented a new term that describes dangers associated with cigarette smoke: third-hand smoke. Study results published in January, 2009 discuss how third-hand smoke is especially dangerous for children.
Have you ever walked into a room that had the smell of cigarette smoke, regardless of the fact that a fan was moving the air and no one was smoking at the time? This is what researchers are calling third-hand smoke — and it represents the poisonous deposits (存积物) that are left behind long after a cigarette is put out. 
Cigarette smoke contains gases and small particles that are deposited on every surface it comes in contact with, for example, the smoker’s hair and clothing, or the environment the cigarette was smoked in. It’s dangerous for young children who may crawl on polluted surfaces. Third-hand smoke is a serious health risk for our kids, especially those who live in the homes of smokers.
Jonathan Winickoff, lead author of the study, explains, “When you come into contact with your baby, even if you’re not smoking at the time, he or she comes in contact with those poisons. And if you breast-feed, the poisons will transfer to your baby in your breast milk.” Winickoff adds however, that nursing a baby if you’re a smoker is still a better choice than bottle-feeding.
Researchers involved in the study also surveyed more than 1,500 families in an effort to learn about adult attitudes regarding the danger third-hand smoke represents to their children and how that might affect smoking in the home.
Approximately 95 percent of nonsmokers and 84 percent of smokers believe that secondhand smoke is dangerous for children.
On the issue of whether third-hand smoke threatens the health of children, 65 percent of nonsmokers and 43 percent of smokers felt that third-hand smoke harms kids. When asked about rules regarding smoking in the home, approximately 88 percent of nonsmokers said they don’t allow smoking, while only 27 percent of smokers forbid smoking in the home.
However, both non-smokers and smokers who felt that third-hand smoking was harmful to children’s health were more inclined to (倾向于) restrict smoking in their homes.
【小题1】The study led by Jonathan Winickoff focused on _______.

Billy is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He has a  26   job which gets him  27  at five o'clock every morning. He is a  28  .

Each morning, Billy leaves the house at 5: l5 to go to the corner  29  the newspapers are. The newspapers are delivered to the  30  by truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon (手推车) to carry them.

In  31  , it is still dark and cold when he gets up, but during the rest of the year it is bright and warm. Billy must deliver the newspapers to the houses of people on his route (线路) in all kinds of weather. He tries to put each  32  on the porch (门廊) where it will be protected from     33  , rain or snow. His  34  think he does a good job. Sometimes they give him  35  .

Billy  36  about $70 per month, and he is saving some of the money to go to college. He spends the rest  37  records and clothes. Once a month, he has to  38  money from his customers. Since many of them  39  during the day, Billy has to collect the money  40  . Sometimes, when Billy is   41  , his older brother has to  42  the newspapers. Once Billy's father had to help as well.

Billy has seventy customers now,  43  he hopes to get more soon. Some day, if he gets many more customers, Billy might win a prize for being an outstanding(杰出的) newspaper boy. He wants to win a  44  to Europe, but he will also be happy  45  he wins a new bicycle.

1.A. full-time          B. strange          C. good         D. part-time

2.A. indoors            B. outdoors         C. down         D. up

3.A. schoolboy  B. newspaper boy    C. cowboy       D. clever boy

4.A. that       B. where            C. which       D. whether

5.A. house          B. porch            C. school   D. corner

6.A. autumn         B. winter           C. morning      D. summer

7.A. newspaper      B. magazine         C. letter       D. email

8.A. air                B. wind             C. water        D. fire

9.A. teachers       B. parents          C. bosses       D. customers

10.A. books         B. some bread       C. a new bike   D. tips

11.A. makes             B. saves            C. spends      D. pays

12.A. in                B. at      C. to       D. on

13.A. give              B. borrow       C. collect          D. catch

14.A. play          B. study    C. work            D. rest

15.A. in the morning    B. at night     C. in the afternoon D. at noon

16.A. sick          B. angry    C. at school       D. sad

17.A. carry         B. collect     C. deliver          D. sell

18.A. then          B. but       C. so              D. for

19.A. trip          B. car      C. bicycle          D. job

20.A. because           B. whether      C. unless           D. if