2寻宝在上百年里，无论在现实生活中或是在罗百特·卢易丝·史蒂文森所写的《宝岛》的书中，都激发了人们无穷的想象力。
现代作家凯特 威廉母思在1979年所写的童话故事《化装舞会》的书中设定了一些寻宝的线索，他把这些线索和真实刺激的寻宝结合起来。
这本书写的是一只兔子，在它出版的前一个月，威廉母思在倍德福德郡的一个公园里埋了一只金兔子。
这本书隐含了许多线索来帮助读者找到这只金兔子。
但是威廉母思放置了许多的“红鲱鱼”或假线索，来误导读者。
找到金兔的坎·罗伯兹花了将近两年寻找金兔。
尽管他多数时间都找错了地方，可他不是靠运气而是靠逻辑推理。
他的成功来自于他在一开始时就获得了一个重要的线索。
他从书中的第一幅画下面的“八个的六个之一”得到启示。
他把金兔和亨利八世的六个中的第一位来自于阿拉贡的妻子凯瑟林联系起来。
然而即使在这里，威廉母思成功地误导了他。
坎知道来自于阿拉贡的妻子凯瑟林于1536年死于剑桥郡的肯伯顿。
因而认为威廉母思把金兔埋到了那里。
他在那里挖了一年多的时间他才有了一个新的思路。
他查明凯特 威廉母思的童年是在倍德福德郡的安普希尔度过的。
因而他想到他一定是把金兔埋在了他十分熟悉的地方。
然而有一天在安普希尔公园突然看到两个石十字架并得知这些十字架是于1773年为纪念阿拉贡的凯瑟林而建造的时候，他才意识到金兔和凯瑟林之间的联系。
即使在这时，他的搜寻还未结束。
是在十字架周围挖了几天晚上后，他决定写信给凯特 威廉母思想证实他是否在浪费时间。
威廉母思鼓励他继续挖，在1982年的二月24号，他找到了珍宝。
这起初价值3000英镑，但是从它埋到地下之后所给人带来的寻找的刺激却使它身价大增。
Keys: 67. THE 3RD LETTER IN THE 1ST WORD IN LINE 3. 68. THE 3RD LETTER IN THE 6TH WORD IN LINE 2. 69. THE 1ST LETTER IN THE 3RD WORD IN LINE 6. 70. THE 1ST LETTER IN THE 1ST WORD IN LINE 4. 71. THE 1ST LETTER IN THE 5TH WORD IN LINE 2 Taking Notes （写笔记）: 作业：笔记：把译文中所有醒目标示的汉字在对应的英文文章中找出并记录在笔记本里，并查出陌生的词语。
2002高考题阅读D Treasure hunts (寻宝) have excited people' s imagination for hundreds of years both in real life and in books such as Robert Louis Stevenson' s Treasure Island. Kit Williams, a modern writer, had the idea of combining the real excitement of a treasure hunt with clues (线索) found in a book when he wrote a children' story, Masquerade, in 1979. The book was about a hare, and a month before it came out Williams buried a gold hare in a park in Bedfordshire.The book contained a large num-ber of clues to help readers find the hare, but Williams put in a lot of "red herrings", or false clues, to mislead them. Ken Roberts, the man who found the hare, had been looking for it for nearly two years. Although he had been searching in the wrong area most of the time, he found it by logic (逻辑), not by luck. His success came from the fact that he had gained an important clue at the start. He had realized that the words: "One of Six to Eight" under the first picture in the book connected the hare in some way to Katherine of Aragon, the first of Henry VIII's six wives. Even here, however, Williams had succeeded in misleading him. Ken knew that Katherine of Aragon had died at Kimbolton in Cambridgeshire in 1536 and thought that Williams had buried the hare there. He had been digging there for over a year before a new idea occurred to him. He found out that Kit Williams had spent his childhood near Ampthill, in Bedfordshire, and thought that he must have buried the hare in a place he knew well, but he still could not see the connection with Katherine of Aragon, until one day he came across two stone crosses in Ampthill Park and learnt that they had been built in her honor in 1773. Even then his search had not come to an end. It was only after he had spent several nights digging around the cross that he decided to write to Kit Williams to find out if he was wasting his time there. Williams encouraged him to continue, and on February 24th 1982, he found the treasure. It was worth ₤3000 in the beginning, but the excitement it had caused since its burial made it much more valuable. 67. The underlined word "them" (paragraph 1 ) refers to________. A. red herrings B. treasure hunts C. Henry VIII's six wives D. readers of Masquerade 68. What is the most important clue in the story to help Ken Roberts find the hare? A. Two stone crosses in Ampthill. B. Stevenson's Treasure Island. C. Katherine of Aragon. D. Williams' hometown. 69. The stone crosses in Ampthill were built________. A. to tell about what happened in 1773 B. to show respect for Henry VIII' s first wife C. to serve as a roadsign in Ampthill Park D. to inform people where the gold hare was 70. Which of the following describes Roberts' logic in searching for the hare? a. Henry VIII' s six wives b. Katherine's burial place at Kimbolton c. Williams' childhood in Ampthill d. Katherine of Aragon e. stone crosses in Ampthill Park A. a -b- c- e- d B. d- b- c- e- a C. a- d- b- c- e D. b- a- e- c- d 71. What is the subject discussed in the text? A. An exciting historical event. B. A modern treasure hunt.C. The attraction of Masquerade.D. The importance of logical thinking.历年英语高考阅读理解题精选译注3（2005卷3阅读B ）The days of elderly women doing nothing but cooking huge meals on holidaysare gone. Enter the Red Hat Society —a group holding the belief that old ladiesshould have fun.“My grandmothers didn ‟t do anything but keep house and serve everybody. They were programmed to do that,” said Emily Cornette, head of a chapter of the7-year-old Red Hat Society.While men have long spent their time fishing and playing golf, women have sometimes seemed to become unnoticed as they age. But the generation nowturning 50 is the baby boomers (生育高峰期出生的人), and the same people whorefused their parents ‟ way of being young are now trying a new way of growingold.If you take into consideration feminism (女权主义), a bit of spare money, and better health for most elderly, the Red Hat Society looks almost inevitable (必然的). In this society, women over 50 wear red hats and purple clothes, while thewomen under 50 wear pink hats and light purple clothing.“The organization took the idea from a poem by Jenny Joseph that begins: …When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple “With a red hat which doesn ‟t go,‟”said Ellen Cooper, who founded the Red Hat Society in 1998. When the Ladiesstarted to wear the red hats, they attracted lots of attention.“The point of this is that we need a rest from always doing something for someone else,” Cooper said. “Women feel so ashamed and sorry when they dosomething for themselves.” This is why chapters are discouraged from raisingmoney or doing anything useful. “We ‟re a ladies ‟ play group. It couldn ‟t be moresimple,” added Cooper ‟s assistant Joe Heywood.44. From underlined word “chapter” in paragraph 2 means ______.A. one branch of an organizationB. a written agreement of a clubC. one part of a collection of poemsD. a period in a society‟s history 45. From the text, we know that the “baby boomers” are a group of peoplewho______.A. have gradually become more noticeableB. are worried about getting old too quicklyC. are enjoying a good life with plenty of money to spendD. tried living a different life from their parents when they were young46. It cold be inferred from the text that members of the Red Hat Society are______. A.. interested in raising money for social workB. programmers who can plan well for their futureC. believers in equality between men and womenD. good at cooking big meals and taking care of others 47. Who set up the Red Hat Society?A. Emily CornetteB. Ellen CooperC. Jenny JosephD. Joe Heywood 48. Women join the Red Hat Society because______.A. they want to stay youngB. they would like to appear more attractiveC. they would like to have fun and live for themselvesD. they want to be more like their parents历年英语高考阅读理解题精选译注4（2005高考阅读E ）“Soon, you ‟re going to move out!” cried my neighbor upon seeing the largesttomato plant known to mankind, or at least known in my neighborhood.One tiny 9-inch plant, bought for $1. 25 in the spring, has already taken over much of my rose bed, covering much of other plants, and is well on its wayto the front door.Roses require a good deal of care, and if it were for the pleasure they give, it wouldn ‟t be worth the work. As it is, I have a garden full of sweet-smellingroses for most of the year. Bushes must be pruned (剪枝) in early spring, leavingugly woody branches until the new growth appears a few weeks later. It was thespace available (可用的) in the garden that led me into planting just one littletomato plant. A big mistake.Soil conditions made just prefect for roses turn out to be even more prefect for tomatoes. The daily watering coupled with full sun and regular fertilizing (施肥) have turned the little plant into a tall bush. The cage I placed around it as theplant grew has long since disappeared under the thick leaves.Now the task I face in harvesting the fruit is twofold: First, I have to find the red ones among the leaves, which means I almost have to stand on my head,and once found I have to reach down and under, pick the tomatoes and withdrew (缩回) my full fist without dropping the prize so dearly won. I found two full-blown white roses completely hidden as I picked tomatoes in June, but they were weak and the leaves already yellow for lack of light.Here I am faced with a painful small decision: To tear up a wonderful and productive tomato plant that offers up between ten and twenty ripe sweet tomatoes each day or say goodbye to several expensive and treasured roses. Like Scarlet in Gone With the Wind , I ‟ll think about that tomorrow. 71. What are the requirements for the healthy growth of roses? A. A lot of care and the right soil. B. Frequent pruning and fertilizing. C. Tomato plants grown alongside. D. Cages placed around the roots. 72. The writer planted the tomato because _____ .A. it cost only $ 1.25B. the soil was just right for it.C. there was room for it in the garden.D. the roses ‟ branches needed to be covered73. This year the writer ‟s roses were _____。
