【正文】 n the opportunity arose in 2022 for the national power pany to enter into a 40year contract with the American aluminum pany Alcoa to supply hydroelectric power for a new smelter, those who had been dreaming of something like this for decades jumped at it and never looked back. Iceland may at the moment be one of the world‘s richest countries, with a 99 percent literacy rate and long life expectancy. But the project‘s advocates, some of them getting on in years, were more emotionally attuned to the country‘s century upon century of want, hardship, and colonial servitude to Denmark, which officially had ended only in 1944 and whose psychological imprint remained relatively fresh. For the longest time, life here had meant little more than a sod hut, dark all winter, cold, no hope, children dying left and right, earthquakes, plagues, starvation, volcanoes erupting and destroying all vegetation and livestock, all spirit—a world revolving almost entirely around the welfare of one‘s sheep and, later, on how good the cod catch was. In the outlying regions, it still largely does. Ostensibly, the Alcoa project was intended to save one of these dying regions—the remote and sparsely populated east—where the way of life had steadily declined to a point of desperation and gloom. After fishing quotas were imposed in the early 1980s to protect fish stocks, many individual boat owners sold their allotments or gave them away, fishing rights ended up mostly in the hands of a few panies, and small fishermen were virtually wiped out. Technological advances drained away even more jobs previously done by human hands, and the people were seeing everything they had worked for all their lives turn up worthless and their children move away. With the old way of life doomed, aluminum projects like this one had e to be perceived, wisely or not, as a last chance. ―Smelter or death.‖ The contract with Alcoa would infuse the region with foreign capital, an estimated 400 jobs, and spinoff service industries. It also was a way for Iceland to develop expertise that potentially could be sold to the rest of the world。 diversify an economy historically dependent on fish。 and, in an appealing display of Icelandic cando verve, perhaps even protect all of Iceland, once and for all, from the unpredictability of life itself. “ We have to live,‖ Halld243。r amp。Aacute。sgr237。msson said in his sad, sonorous voice. Halld243。r, a former prime minister and longtime member of parliament from the region, was a driving force behind the project. ―We have a right to live.‖ 27. According to the passage, most Icelanders view land as something of A. environmental . mercial . potential value for . great value for livelihood. 28. What is Iceland‘s oldaged advocates‘ feeling towards the Alcoa project? A. Iceland is wealthy enough to reject the . The project would lower life expectancy. C. The project would cause environmental . The project symbolizes and end to the colonial legacies. 29. The disappearance of the old way of life was due to all the following EXCEPT A. fewer fishing . fewer jobs . migration of young . impostion of fishing quotas. 30. The 4 paragraph in the passage A. sums up the main points of the . starts to discuss an entirely new point. C. elaborates on the last part of the 3 . continues to depict the bleak economic situation. PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) 34. The Emancipation Proclamation to end the slavery plantation system in the South of the . was issued by A. Abraham . Thomas . Gee . Thomas Jefferson. 35. ________ is best known for the technique of dramatic monologue in his poems.. A. Will BlakeB. . YeatsC. Robert BrowningD. William Wordsworth 36. The Financier is written by A. Mark . Henry . William . Theodore Dreiser. 37. In literature a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined as A. . . blank . rhyme. 38. ________ refers to the learning and development of a language. A. Language acquisitionB. Language prehensionC. Language productionD. Language instruction 39. The word ― Motel‖ es from ―motor + hotel‖. This is an example of ________ in morphology. A. backformationB. conversionC. blendingD. acronym 40. Language is t tool of munication. The symbol ― Highway Closed‖ on a highway serves A. an expressive . an informative . a performative . a persuasive function. Part IV Proofreading amp。 Error Correction (15 min) The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way: For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line. For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a ∧ sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line. For a unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with a slash / and put