TheTrueStoryofTreasureIslandIt-优题课

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 the _ _ 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 __ __ 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 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．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

科目英语题型完型填空难度中等

知识点：对话/访谈阅读

It's the seaside birds that deserve at least part of the blame for getting Nick Burchill blacklisted at the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria, Canada.

Burchill was 21 at the hotel on business and planning to 22 some friends in the area. They had asked him to 23 some pepperoni (辣香肠) from back east. So he 24 a suitcase full of pepperoni. As he was 25 that it would be too warm, he 26 it out on the table near an open window. He thought his pepperoni was 27 and well chilled (冷却) and he 28 .

That's when things went 29 ."I remember walking down the long 30 and opening the door to my room to find an entire flock of seagulls," Burchill said in a recent letter of 31 to the 4-star hotel. "The seagulls immediately went 32 . They rushed to the window, 30 or 40 birds all trying to 33 at the same time, and pepperoni-everywhere. The curtains were falling down, the lamps were falling down, It was a real 34 .

Older and wiser now, Burchill chalked up the incident to youthful indiscretion (莽撞).

"I have 35 and I admit responsibility of my 36 ," he said in the letter. "I come to you, 37 , to apologize for the-damage I had 38 caused and to ask you to 39 my lifetime ban from the hotel."

His letter 40 . Banned from the hotel since 2001.Burchill is now welcome to come back, the Fairmont said.

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Swap, Don't shop!

You keep hearing about recycling, right? But it doesn't end with bottles, cans, and paper. Clothing takes a huge amount of natural resources（资源）to make, and buying loads of new clothing（or throwing out old clothing）is not healthy for the environment. So what to do with all those perfectly-good-but-you're-maybe-a-little-sick-of-them clothes piled on your bedroom floor? 16 . It's the best way to get rid of your used clothes, score clothes from your friends, and have a party all at the same time.

A successful swap depends on the selection of clothes, the organization of the event, and, obviously, how much fun is had. It's really easy to do! Here are a few pointers.

●Invite 5-10 people so you have a nice selection. 17 , and there may not be enough things to choose from; more than that, and it becomes uncontrollable.

● 18 . They should also prepare plenty of reusable bags to carry their "new" clothes home.

●Put different types of clothing on different surfaces in the room. 19 . Place a few mirrors around your room so people can see how things look when they try them on. One of the ground rules of the swap should be that everyone must try on the clothes before they take them-things always look different when you put them on.

●Set a starting time. Maybe you say "go," or turn on a certain song, or whatever. 20 . And don't forget to put out some cookies and fruits. Remember, it's a party!

A．	Less people than that
B．	Hold a clothing swap
C．	If two people are competing
D．	Just keep music playing throughout
E．	Donate whatever clothes are left over
F．	Have everyone put their clothes in the right spots
G．	Tell everyone to bring clean clothes in good condition

During the war，my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California．I went to live there in order to be（1）　him．I hated the place．I had never （2）　　been so unhappy．My husband was ordered out on a long﹣term duty，and I was left in a tiny shack（棚屋） alone．The heat was（3）　　﹣almost $125 °$ F even in the shade of a cactus（仙人掌）．（4）　　a soul to talk to．The wind blew non﹣stop，and all the food I ate，and the evry air I breathed，were（5）　　with sand，sand，sand!

I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents．I told them I was （6）　and coming back home．I said I couldn't stand it one minute longer．I（7）　　be in prison!My father answered my （8）　　with just two lines﹣two lines that will always sing in my（9）　　﹣two lines that completely changed my life：

Two men looked out from prison bars，One saw the mud，the other saw the stars．

I read those two lines（10）　　I was ashamed of myself．I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present （11）　　； I would look for the stars

I made friends with the natives，and their（12）　　amazed me．They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had（13）　　to sell to toueists．I studied the delightful forms of the cactus．I watched for the desert sunsets，and（14）　　for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the desert had been an ocean（15）　　

What brought about this（16）　　change in me？The desert hadn't changed，（17）　　I had．I had changed my（18）　　And by doing so，I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing（19）　　of my life．I was excited by this new world that I had dicovered I had looked out of my self﹣creatded prison and（20）　　the stars

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In the 1960s，Douglas McGregor，one of the key thinkers in the art of management，developed the mow famous Theory X and Theory Y．Theory X is the idea that people instinctively （51）　 work and will do anything to avoid it．Theory Y is the view that everyone has the potential to find satisfaction in work．

In any case，despite so much evidence to the （52）　　，many managers still agree to Theory X．They believe，（53）　　，that their employees need constant supervision if they are to work effectively，or that decisions must be imposed from （54）　　 without consultation．This，of course，makes for authoritarian （专制的） managers．

Different cultures have different ways of （55）　　 people．Unlike authoritarian management，some cultures，particularly in Asia，are well known for the consultative nature of decision﹣making﹣all members of the department or work group are asked to （56）　　 to this process．This is management by the collective opinion．Many western companies have tried to imitate such Asian ways of doing things，which are based on general （57）　　．Some experts say that women will become more effective managers than men because they have the power to reach common goals in a way that traditional （58）　　 managers cannot．

A recent trend has been to encourage employees to use their own initiative，to make decisions on their own without（59）　managers first．This empowerment （授权） has been part of the trend towards downsizing：（60）　　 the number of management layers in companies．After de﹣layering in this way，a company may be （61）　　 with just a top level of senior managers，front﹣line managers and employees with direct contact with the public．Empowerment takes the idea of delegation （委托） much further than has （62）　　been the case．Empowerment and delegation mean new forms of management control to （63）　　 that the overall business plan is being followed，and that operations become more profitable under the new organization，rather than less．

Another trend is off﹣site or （64）　　 management，where teams of people linked by e﹣mail and the Internet work on projects from their own houses．Project managers evaluate the （65）　　 of the team members in terms of what they produce for projects，rather than the amount of time they spend on them．

51．A．desire	B．seek	C．lose	D．dislike
52．A．contrary	B．expectation	C．degree	D．extreme
53．A．vice versa	B．for example	C．however	D．otherwise
54．A．outside	B．inside	C．below	D．above
55．A．replacing	B．assessing	C．managing	D．encouraging
56．A．refer	B．contribute	C．object	D．apply
57．A．agreement	B．practice	C．election	D．impression
58．A．bossy	B．experienced	C．western	D．male
59．A．asking	B．training	C．warning	D．firing
60．A．doubling	B．maintaining	C．reducing	D．estimating
61．A．honoured	B．left	C．crowded	D．compared
62．A．economically	B．traditionally	C．inadequately	D．occasionally
63．A．deny	B．admit	C．assume	D．ensure
64．A．virtual	B．ineffective	C．day﹣to﹣day	D．on﹣the﹣scene
65．A．opinion	B．risk	C．performance	D．attractiveness

A．account B．adjustable C．appliances D．capture E．decorations F．direct

G．experiment H．intended I．operated J．soulless K．squeeze

Golden Rules of Good Design

What makes good design？Over the years，designers and artists have been trying to （41）　the essentials of good design．They have found that some sayings can help people understand the ideas of good design．There are four as follows．

Less is more．This saying is associated with the German﹣born architect Mies van der Rohe．In his Modernist view，beauty lies in simplicity and elegance，and the aim of the designer is to create solutions to problems through the most efficient means．Design should avoid unnecessary （42）　　

More is not a bore．The American﹣born architect Robert Venturi concluded that if simplicity is done badly，the result is （43）　　design．Post﹣Modernist designers began to （44）　　with decoration and color again．Product design was heavily influenced by this view and can be seen in kitchen （45）　　such as ovens and kettles．

Fitness for purpose．Successful product design takes into consideration a product's function，purpose，shape，form，color，and so on．The most important result for the user is that the product does what is （46）　　．For example，think of a（n）（47）　　desk lamp．It needs to be constructed from materials that will stand the heat of the lamp and regular adjustments by the user．It also needs to be stable．Most importantly，it needs to （48）　　light where it is needed．

From follows emotion．This phrase is associated with the German designer Hartmut Esslinger．He believes design must take into（49）　　the sensory side of our nature﹣sight，smell，touch and taste．These are as important as rational（理性的） thinking．When choosing everyday products such as toothpaste，we appreciate a cool﹣looking device that allows us to easily（50）　 the toothpaste onto our brush．