Passage1 Santere,NewMexicomultimillionaireFortestFennhasalwayslovedagoodadventure.Asasmallchildbeforeeight,heandhisbrother,SkippyspentsummervacationsmakingexplorationinYellowstoneNationalPark. Asateen,FennidolizedthedecoratedWorldWarIIfighterpilot,calledRobinOldsandlatteremulatedhisheroduringTheVietnamWarasanAirfighterpilottogotoNewMexicoandsettledthereasanartsandantiquesdealer,huntingdownvaluablepaintings,rugs,warmemorabilia,andotherantiquetosell. In1998,Fennwasdiagnosedwithterminalkidneycancer.Ashehadalwaysbeendoing,heconceivedagrandadventuredthatheassumedwouldbehislastone."Iwantedtocreatesomeexcitement,somehope,beforeIdied,"saysFenn,82,addingthathealsowantedto"getkidsoutofthegameroomandoffthecouch."Withthoseideasinhismind,hestartedtodeviseatreasurehunt. Littlebylittle,Fennbeganstockingasmallbronzechestwithgoldcoins,prehistoricbraceletsandothervaluablethings.Whenhiscancerwentintoremissionin1993,hedecidedhewouldcarryouthisplananyway. In2010,FenntoppedoffthechestwithjewelsandvaluablestonesandhiditsomewheredeepintheRockyMountains,northofSanteFe.Laterthatyear,hewroteapoemforhisself-publishedmemoir,TheThrilloftheChase.Itcontainedninecluesaboutthetreasurebox′swhereabouts.Onestanzareadslikethis:Beginitwherewarmwatershalt/Andtakeitinthecanyondown/Notfar,buttoofartowalk/PutinbelowthehomeofBrown. Afewmonthslater,astoryaboutthetreasureappearedinamagazine.Sincethen,Fennhasreceivedthousandsofe-mailsfromtreasurehunters.Somerequestmorecluestothebox.Butmostly"peoplethankedmeforbringingtheirfamilytogether,"hesayswithaself-comfortingsmileonhisface. InApril,FenntoldacrowdatanAlbuquerquebookstorethattwogroupsoftreasurehuntershadgottenwithin500feetofthechest."Theywalkedrightbyit,"hesaid. Fennisconfidentthatthetreasurewillbeunearthedeventuallyandsaysi_twilltaketherightcombinationofcunningandperseverance."Itwillbediscoveredbysomeonewhohasreadthecluescarefullyandsuccessfully.Butnobodyisgoingtohappenuponit,"hepredicts. Hehopesthatwhoeverfindsthelootwillrelishtherichesandtheadventureoffindingthem. WhowasafighterpilotduringtheVietnamWaraccordingtothepassage
A.Skippy. B.Robin Olds. C.Sante Fe. D.Forrest Fenn.正确答案D
