英国女子在农田发现1500年前的黄金吊坠
An amateur metal detectorist has compared finding a 6th century Anglo-Saxon pendant in a muddy field to winning the lottery. The shiny piece of gold was originally mistaken to be a chocolate coin due to its immaculate preservation but experts proved it is a gold pendant from 1,500 years ago. Rachel Carter was searching a Kent field with her partner and her metal detector found it. After showing the coin to her partner they realized what she had mistaken to be a piece of junk was in fact a piece of British history.
Ms Carter said, “As soon as I put the detector down, I got a signal that was going mad so I dug down and pulled out this. It was only about five inches down and was so perfect and gold and new-looking that at first I thought it was a bit of junk—you’d think you could unwrap it and eat the chocolate from inside.”
“I went over to Ricky and said ‘Do you know what this is?’ and he was like ‘Oh, my God.’” Ms Carter and her partner, Ricky Shubert, said it was a sign from her mother who passed away nearly a year before the discovery. She restarted the hobby after caring for her elderly mother and made the find at Christmas. “Some people in my club have been digging for 50 years and they say they’ve never seen anything like it.”
“My mum always said to me ‘One day you’ll find something really special.’ All I ever wanted was to find something gold and religious for her—because she was Catholic—and then I did. It’s like she sent this as a sign, saying ‘See? Keep going.’ We’ve been back a few times since then, and haven’t found anything. Usually you find caps, coins, that sort of thing—but we’ve found absolutely nothing since. It’s really weird.”
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1.Why did Rachel Carter compare her finding to winning the lottery?
A It was made in the 6th century by the Anglo-Saxons.
B It was a shiny piece of gold which was worth a lot of money.
C It was well preserved underground for 1,500 years.
D It was of very important historical research value.
解析：选D。推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句After showing the coin to her partner they realized what she had mistook to be a piece of junk was in fact a piece of British history. 可知他们原以为是垃圾的东西结果被证实代表了英国过去的一段历史，是极具历史研究价值的，因此她把自己的发现比作中了彩票。故选D。
2.Which of the following is NOT true about the pendant?
A Rachel Carter found it in a muddy field in Kent.
B It looked very new when it was unearthed.
C It was found before Ms Carter’s mother’s death.
D It was found by Ms Carter at Christmas.
解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第三段第二句Ms Carter and her partner, Ricky Shubert, said it was a sign from her mother who passed away nearly a year before the discovery. 可知这个吊坠是在她的母亲去世后才发现的。故选C。
3.How did Ms Carter feel after she found the pendant?
A Disappointed.
B Arrogant.
C Lucky.
D Sorry.
解析：选C。推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句“Some people in my club have been digging for 50 years and they say they’ve never seen anything like it.” 可知很多人挖了将近五十年还没法发现像这样的东西，因此可推知她认为自己是很幸运的。故选C。
4.What tone did Ms Carter use to go on her narration in the last paragraph?
A Mysterious.
B Objective.
C Sad.
D Romantic.
解析：选A。细节理解题。通读最后一段可知，整段的描述带有一种神秘的色彩。故选A。