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 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 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 twelveyearold boy,we have one of the greatest __20__ stories in the English language.

     Every summer, hundreds of thousands of students travel to other countries looking for work and
adventure. Most of the opportunities are in   1   work. The pay is usually poor, but most people work
  2   for the thrill of travel. You can pick grapes in France, entertain kids on American summer camps,
and, of course,
there are always   3   in hotels and restaurants.    
     But it is not as easy as it used to be to find work. Unless you speak the language of the country well,
there will be very   4   openings. For example, when you arrive to wash dishes in a restaurant in Paris,
the owner will   5   you to speak French. British students only have a language   6   for jobs in the USA
and Australia.
     Not every one   7   the experience. Sarah James was once responsible for forty American children
in Europe. During the   8  , one child lost his passport; four children were lost in Madrid for a whole day;
the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the   9   they made. Sarah says, "It really was
a 24-hour-a-day job since the kids never   10  ! And the pay was awful. It wasn't worth it."
     The trouble is that   11   expect to have an easy time of it. After all, they see it as a   12  . In practice,
though, they have to work hard. At the same time, all vacation work is casual work, and jobs are   13  
only when the hotel, the restaurant, or the campsite is busy. But students have few employment   14  .
As soon as the holiday season finishes, companies will get rid of them. And if their employer doesn't like
them, they'll be   15  , too.