Passage Nine
Would you like to spend an evening reading a lovely story with beautiful illustrations and make $35000 at the same time? Millions of people all over the world tried to do just that. 1 succeeded. The book is called "Masquerade", and was written by a British painter Kit Williams. Within its pages are 2 to the location of a golden jewel, and whoever 3 the clues could find and keep the treasure.
Some years ago, Williams was asked to write a children's book. Wanting to do something no one else had done before, he decided to bury a golden treasure and tell where 4 in the book. He began 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. 5 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 6 and then wrote the story. The treasure became an 18carat gold hare, adorned with precious stones, and it was made by Kit Williams himself. This beautiful jewel, 7 around $35000, depending on gold prices, was buried somewhere in Britain, free to anyone who could decipher the clues. Williams's assurance that a ten year old was 8 likely to find it as a college graduate 9 the book to sell millions of copies and kept people of all ages amused trying 10 the mystery of Masquerade.
The rabbit was finally found in the spring of 1982, by a 48yearold design engineer. It was buried in a park about thirtyfive miles from London.
1.［A］ No one ［B］ Only one ［C］ Very few ［D］ Only a few 2.［A］ descriptions ［B］ clues ［C］ maps ［D］ pictures 3.［A］ figured on ［B］ figured in［C］ figured for［D］ figured out 4.［A］ was it ［B］ to bury ［C］ it was ［D］ it was buried 5.［A］ Before ［B］ After ［C］ As ［D］ While 6.［A］ story ［B］ painting ［C］ gift ［D］ treasure 7.［A］ worth ［B］ worth of ［C］ was worth ［D］ was worth of 8.［A］ very ［B］ just ［C］ as ［D］ much 9.［A］ found ［B］ helped ［C］ made ［D］ read 10.［A］ solve ［B］ to solve ［C］ solving ［D］ to have solved
