Passage Three
Would you like to spend all evening reading a lovely story with beautiful illustrations and make$ 35,000 at the same time? Millions of people all over the world tried to do just that. Only onesucceeded. The book is called Masquerade, and was written by British painter Kit Williams. Withinits pages are clues to the location of a golden jewel, and whoever figured out the clues could find andkeep the treasure.
Some years ago, Williams was asked to write a children's book. Wanting to do something no oneelse had done before, he decided to bury a golden treasure and tell where it was in the book. He be-gan painting without a clear idea of what the story would be about, where he would bury the treasure,or even what the treasure would be. As he painted, he decided that in the story a hare, or rabbit,would travel through earth, air,fire and water to deliver a gift from the moon to the sun.
After three years, he finished the paintings and then wrote the story. The treasure became an 18- carat gold hare, adorned with precious stones, and it was made by Kit Williams himself. This beauti-ful jewel ,worth around $ 35,000, depending on gold prices, was,buried somewhere in Britain, free toanyone who could decipher the clues. Williams's book kept people of all ages amused trying to solvethe mystery of Masquerade.
The rabbit was finally found in the spring of 1982,by a 48-year-old design engineer. It was buried in a park about thirty-five miles from London.
( )44. This passage is about __
A. British painters
B. golden jewelry
C. a modern treasure hunt
D. writing children's books
答案：C
( )45. The function of the first sentence in this passage is to __
A. give detail
B. sum up the story
C. capture the reader's interest
D. elaborate upon'a point
答案：C
( )46. When Williams began working on his book, he
A. was paid $ 35,000
B. B. learned to paint
C. had already buried the treasure
D. did not know what the story would be about
答案：D
( )47. We can conclude from the passage that _________.
A. the clues in Masquerade are easy to decipher
B. Kit Williams has many artistic talents
C. many people bury treasures in Britain
D. Kit Williams said he would pay $ 35,000 to whoever found the treasure
答案：B
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