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 ( )2. A. alone ( )3. A. meeting ( )4. A. Lloyd ( )5. A. talk ( )6. A. attempting ( )7. A. quiet ( )8. A. cleaning ( )9. A. doubted ( )10. A. the sea ( )11. A. forgotten ( )12. A. saw ( )13. A. book ( )14. A. star ( )15. A. help ( )16. A. praise ( )17. A. Yet ( )18. A. read ( )19. A. rainy ( )20. A. news | B. Therefore B. next door B. story B. Robert B. rest B. missing B. dull B. writing B. noticed B. the house B. buried B. drew B. reply B. hero B. problem B. produce B. Also B. born B. sunny B. love | C. Besides C. at home C. holiday C. Henley C. walk C. planning C. busy C. drawing C. decided C. Scotland C. discovered C. made C. picture C. writer C. use C. include C. But C. hired C. cool C. real-life | D. Finally D. abroad D. jib D. John D. game D. enjoying D. cold D. exercising D. recognized D. the island D. unexpected D. learned D. mind D. child D. bottom D. accept D. Thus D. written D. windy D. adventure | |||||||||||||||||||
1-5: A D C A C 6-10: D B C B D 11-15: B A C B A 16-20: C D B A D | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fayette Pinkney, once a member of The Three Degrees, died at 61 in Lansdale, Pa. She lent her strong voice to the 1970s hits" When Will I see You Again" and" T. S. O. P. ( The Sound of Philadelphia)",the theme song of the television show Soul Train. The Three Degrees was formed in the early 1960s when Ms Pinkney joined with Shirley Porter and Linda Turner. She was then still going to Overbrook High School in Philadelphia. For more than ten years, Ms Pinkney was the one who kept staying in a group whose members came and went. She sang on the group" s first single" Cee Baby", and on its 1970 hit " Maybe". The group " s first two singles for Philadelphia Intemational," Dirty Ol" Man" and"I Didn " t Know", were small successes. But" T. S. O. P.", a mostly inStrumental piece, reached No. 1 on the pop charts (流行榜) in 1974." When Will I See You Again" which sold more than two million records reached No. 2 on the pop charts that year. Their special singing made The Three Degrees very popular. The group performed with Engelbert Humperdinck in Las Vegas; a performance in Manhattan ended up in the film The French Connection. After leaving The Three Degrees and recording a solo album,"One Degree" in 1979, Ms Pinkney studied at Temple University and earned a master"s degree (硕士学位) in human services at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in 1985. She began working as an assistant for the Medical College of Pennsylvania. She later did the job of offering professional advice to the patients at United Behavioral Health. Ms Pinkney continued to sing."I travel with a special group. I do still love people and I love to make them smile," she once said. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1. When did Fayette Pinkney join The Three Degrees? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A. After she graduated from school. B. After The Three Degrees formed. C. In the late 1960s. D. In the early 1960s. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2. According to the passage, we know that " T. S. O. P." _____. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A. was Ms Pinkney" s first solo album B. was the last song Ms Pinkney sang C. was only a small success D. was sung for Soul Train | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3. What did Ms Pinkney do after she left The Three Degrees? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A. She did some other different jobs. B. She performed with Engelbert Humperdinck. C. She taught at Temple University. D. She sang in the film The French Connection. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4. What does the last paragraph mean? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A. Ms Pinkney didn" t die at all. B. Ms Pinkney" s songs sounded really beautiful. C. Ms Pinkney didn" t want to leave the world. D. Ms Pinkney will be alive in people" s hearts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shu Pulong has helped at least 1,000 people bitten (咬) by snakes, "It was seeing people with snake bites (伤口) that led me to this career," he said. After his army service, Shu entered a medical school and later became a doctor of Chinese medicine. As part of his studies he had to work in the mountains. There he often heard of people who had their arms and legs cut off after a snake bite in order to save their lives. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Which of the following words can take the place of the word "career" in the first paragraph(段)? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A. conclusion B. story C. incident D. job | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight. "You need 1 ," his father said. "But if you don"t work hard, no fortune will come". What made him sad was 2 his piano teacher in Beijing didn"t like him. You have no talent (天赋). You will never be a pianist. 3 a nine-year-old boy. Lang Lang was badly 4 . He decided that he didn"t want lo be a 5 any more, For the next two weeks he didn"t touch the piano. 6 , his father didn"t push, but waited. Luckily, the day came when his teacher asked him to 7 some holiday songs. He didn"t want to, but as he placed his fingers on the piano keys, he 8 that he could show others that he had talent 9 . That day he told his father 10 he had been waiting to hear-that he wanted to study with a new teacher. 11 that point on, everything turned around. He started 12 competitions (比赛). In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition, when it was 13 that Lang Lang had won, he was too 14 to hold back his tears. Soon 15 was that he couldn"t stay in China forever-he had to play on the world"s big 16 . In 1997 Lang Lang 17 again, this time to Philadelphia U.S. There he spent two years practising, and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over. After his 18 performance at Chicago"s Ravinia Festival, gigs (特邀演出) in Lincoln Center and Carnegie hall started 19 Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots (发现) him. and lets him 20 . | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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