The True Story of Treasure Island

It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination.      , recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.
Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived    for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a    . With him were his American wife Fanny and his son    .
Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long    over the hills. They had been    this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days    . To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some    .
One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert    that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of    . “What’s that? ”he asked. “That’s the    treasure, ”said the boy. Robert suddenly    something of an adventure story in the boy’s    . While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make a twelve-year-old boy, just like Lloyd the    . But who would be the pirate(海盗)?
Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the    of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to    such a man in a story.      Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was    .
So, thanks to a    September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest    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．humorous D．adventure