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 1881he 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 suddenly12     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 be 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．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