（整理版高中英语）文化历史地理类

文化、历史、地理类 [考题1)(NMET 典型例题 Treasure hunts (寻宝) have excited people's imagination for hundreds o

文化、历史、地理类 [考题1)(NMET典型例题 Treasurehunts(寻宝)haveexcitedpeople'simaginationforhundredsof yearsbothinreallifeandinbookssuchasRobertLouisStevenson'sTreasure Island.KitWilliam,amodernwriter,hadtheideaofcombiningthereal excitementofatreasurehuntwithclues(线索)foundinabookwhenhewrotea children'sstory,Masquerade,in1979.Thebookwasaboutahare,andamonth beforeitcameoutWilliamsburiedagoldhareinaparkinBedfordshire.The bookcontainedalargenumberofcluestohelpreadersfindthehare,but Williamsputinalotof"redherrings",orfalseclues,tomisleadthem. KenRoberts,themanwhofoundthehare,hadbeenlookingforitfornearly twoyears.Althoughhehadbeensearchinginthewrongareamostofthetime,he founditbylogic(逻辑),notbyluck.Hissuccesscamefromthefactthathe hadgainedanimlportantclueatthestart.Hehadrealizedthatthewords:One ofSixtoEightunderthefirstpictureinthebookconnectedthehareinsome waytoKatherineofAragon,thefirstofHenryVIII'ssixwives.Evenhere,how- ever,Williamshadsucceededinmisleadinghim.KenknewthatKatherineof AragonhaddiedatKimboltoninCambridgeshirein1536andthoughtthatWilliams hadburiedtheharethere.Hehadbeendiggingthereforoverayearbeforea newideaoccurredtohim.HefoundoutthatKitWilliamshadspenthischildhood nearAmpthill,inBedforshire,andthoughtthathemusthaveburiedtheharein aplaceheknewwell,buthestillcouldnotseetheconnectionwithKatherine ofAragon,untilonedayhecameacrosstwostonecrossesinAmpthillParkand learntthattheyhadbeenbuiltinherhonorin1773. Eventhenhissearchhadnotcometoanend.Itwasonlyafterhehadspent severalnightsdiggingaroundthecrossthathedecidedtowritetoKitWilliams tofindoutifhewaswastinghistimethere.Williamsencouragedhimto continue,andonFebruary24th1982,hefoundthetreasure.Itwasworth~3000 inthebeginning,buttheexcitementithadcausedsinceitsburialmadeitmuch