Part III Cloze (10 marks)

Directions: Read the passage and fill in each blank with one word. Choose the word in one of the following three ways: according to the context, by using the correct form of the given word, or by using the given letters of the word. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.

The hobby of collecting autographs(親筆簽名)is called philography，from a Greek word meaning love of writing．People 41 many kinds of autographs．Some collect signatures or other handwritten materials of authors，composers，movie stars，or sports heroes．Others focus on certain  42 ，such as the signing of the Declaration of Independence，a presidential election，or the space program． 43 collectors try to acquire a complete set of autographs of Nobel Prize winners or Academy Award winners．

Collectors may request autographs 44  celebrities either in person or by letter．Most beginning autograph collectors do not have the knowledge to determine 45 an autograph is genuine(真實(shí)的)．They may mistake other kinds of signatures for 46 handwritten signatures．For example，some people have secretaries who sign their mail．Some individuals send out mass-produced letters or signed photographs to collectors who 47  their autographs．Many famous people use a mechanical device called an Autopen to sign autographs．The  48  can sign 3,000 signatures in eight hours．The only way to recognize an Autopen autograph is to compare two of them．All Autopen autographs are 49 ，but no two handwritten autographs are 50 alike．

41．A．neglect    B．a(chǎn)rrange   C．read      D．collect

42．A．stories     B．events    C．a(chǎn)ctions    D．plans

43．A．Some     B．Any      C．No        D．Several

44．A．from      B．in       C．for         D．to

45．A．what      B．how     C．whether     D．where

46．A．false      B．indirect   C．open       D．genuine

47．A．copy      B．request    C．write      D．mail

48．A．a(chǎn)ctor      B．machine   C．collector   D．secretary

49．A．genuine    B．false     C．different    D．identical

50．A．fluently    B．initially   C．exactly     D．conveniently