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  TheGunpowderPlotwasconspiracy(阴谋)tokillKingJamesI,aswellasthemembersoftheHouseofLordsandCommonsatthere-openingofParliament.ItwasdesignedbyagroupofCatholicsinprotestagainsttheanti-Catholiclawsthatwe

  TheGunpowderPlotwasconspiracy (阴谋) tokillKingJamesI,aswellasthemembersoftheHouseofLordsandCommonsatthere-openingofParliament.ItwasdesignedbyagroupofCatholicsinprotestagainsttheanti-Catholiclawsthatwerebeingintroducedbytheking.

  RobertCatesbywastheleaderofthegroup.Itwasheandhiscousin,ThomasWintour,andtwootherfriends,ThomasPercyandJohnWright,whoformedthecenterofthegroup.Theywerejoinedbyninemoremen; amongthemwasGuyFawkes,fromthecityofYorkinthenorthofEngland.

  FawkesfoundastoreroomdirectlyundertheHouseofLordsandrenteditoutunderthefalsenameofJohnJohnson.Theconspiratorsstoredthirty-sixbarrelsofgunpowderthere,andFawkes,whowasanexplosivesexpert,wastolightthefuses (引信) on5thNovember1605.

  Theplotfailedbecauseoneoftheconspirators,FrancisTresham,sentalettertohisrelative,whowasamemberoftheHouseofLords.TheletterwarnedhimnottoattendtheopeningceremonyofParliament.Theletterwaspassedontotheauthorities,whotookaction.

  GuyFawkeswasfoundinthecellaronthenightof4thNovemberwiththethirty-sixbarrelsandanumberoffuses.Hewasimprisonedandill-treated,eventuallygivingawaythenamesoftheconspirators.

  SoldiersofthekingsurroundedHolbeachHouse,intheMidlands,wheretheyknewtheconspiratorstobehiding.Inthefightthatfollowed,fourofthemwereshotdead,includingCatesbyandPercy,whowereactuallykilledbythesamebullet.TheotherswereimprisonedandhangedalongwithGuyFawkeson31stJanuary1606.

  Thesedays,on5thNovember,childrenalloverBritaincelebrateGuyFawkesNightbybuildinghugebonfiresandlightingfireworks.It'safamilytraditionandanoccasiontoeatpotatoesbakedbytheflames.Thereisalwaysa'guy'ontopofthefire,amodelofGuyFawkes,dressedintheclothesofthe17thcentury.

  46.FrancisTreshamwrotethelettertohisrelativeto___.

  A.warnhimofthedangerofbeingkilled

  B.revealthenamesoftheconspirators

  C.protecttheHouseofLords

  D.reporttheplottotheauthorities

  47.Accordingtothepassage,thetotalnumberofpeopleinvolvedintheplotis___.

  A.40

  B.

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  46.A.细节理解题.根据文章"The letter warned him not to attend the opening ceremony of Parliament."可知,他的亲戚写这封信是为了警告他不要参加开幕式,因为他亲戚知道开幕式有危险.故...

2020-05-29 07:53:15

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