【正文】 , the manager stands to lose up to $30 million. A. face B. time C. event D. course 8. Living in the western part of the country has its problems, ________ obtaining fresh water is not the least. A. which B. with which C. for which D. of which 9. You ________ him so closely。t have been following B. shouldn39。t follow D. couldn39。 滿分：15 分) 小題 得分 對錯 我的答案 客觀 1. 0 C A 2. 0 A B 3. A A 4. B B 5. D D 6. 0 D B 7. 0 A C 8. D D 9. 0 C A 10. B B Subtotal: 老師評語： Part 3 Cloze (with four choices provided)(每小題： 分) Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices given for each blank. Questions 1 to 20 are based on the following passage. What is behind the symbols of American civilization? Americans 1. decorate their reputation for doing good deeds. They talk a lot about how values like loyalty and honesty are a(n) 2. ordinary part of an American39。t believe a word of it! I39。s success 14. is owedis owingis ownedis owning to certain facts. One of these is the fact that its citizens have a(n) 15. exclusive ability to dismiss the truth. They should boast of this 16. despite of their character. There is a statue 17. dedicated to liberty. There are also monuments for the courage of 18. those who fought in wars. However, where are the statues 19. projected for all of the lies that they have told?Americans are not alone when it es to a past they should be 20. shamed ofshamed byashamed ofshamed for, but I for one am tired of listening to them boast about their virtue. Part 3 Cloze (with four choices provided) (每小題: 分。 滿分：15 分) 小題 得分 對錯 我的答案 客觀 1. 0 symbol characterized 2. 0 construction portraits 3. 0 portraits symbol 4. tragedy tragedy 5. decorations decorations 6. thereby thereby 7. destruction destruction 8. enlighten enlighten 9. 0 ensure discarded 10. exist exist Subtotal: 9 老師評語： Part 5 Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice)(每小題： 分) Directions: Read the following passages carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage. In 1913, the United States government introduced a bold, new nickel. James Earle Fraser said his goal was to design a coin that would be truly American. In his search for symbols, he found none more distinctive than the American buffalo. Choosing to show a Native American on the other side of the coin, Fraser said the new nickel had perfect unity of theme.Production of Buffalo or Indian Head nickels began in February 1913. A single coining press at the Philadelphia Mint (造幣廠) started turning out the nickels at the rate of 120 a minute. But after the first examples were introduced, The New York Times said they were bad.Other critics said that the coin39。 magazine predicted that the slightest wear would remove the date and the words Five Cents beyond understanding.In 1938, the Government staged a petition for a new nickel picturing Thomas Jefferson. According to a news item of the day, the Department of Indian Affairs didn39。t seem to mind either. 1. In the eyes of Fraser, a __________ is the most distinctive. A. nickel B. buffalo C. Native American D. unity of theme 2. In the second sentence, Paragraph 2, the word press means ________. A. publication B. newspaper C. machine D. the act of pushing down 3. The design of a buffalo was modified ________. A. because it was not able to stand heavy use B. because the words Five Cents were beyond understanding C. because the coin couldn39。 magazine using a Native Amer