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.
