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　　On the night of December 2, 1948, the pale light of a crescent moon barely illuminated the outlines of two men

　　standing beside a pumpkin patch in Carroll County, Maryland. Nearby, a third man stooped low to the ground,

　　groping around in the pumpkins before grabbing one and 1 pulls off the top. Inside the hollowed interior 2 laid a small

　　package wrapped in wax paper. Within this unassuming package were both developed and undeveloped microfilm

　　images—evidence that produced the final impetus needed for the controversial indictment of suspected Communist

　　spy Alger Hiss.

　　The story of these eccentrically concealed microfilm images—affectionately, if inaccurately, dubbed the ‘pumpkin

　　papers’ by the 3 press—had begun a decade earlier when Whittaker Chambers, 4 the man who revealed the

　　evidence on that December evening, decided to defect from the underground Communist party. It was not a decision

　　lightly made; as Chambers wrote in retrospect, 5 “two things made that break and that flight possible.”Sure that he

　　could no longer serve a force he believed to be evil, Chambers took his family and temporarily 6 fled into hiding. As a

　　precaution, he also preserved material evidence—including the microfilm—that verified both his own involvement

　　and the involvement of other underground agents prior 7 from his defection.

　　A decade later, this precaution would prove invaluable. In November of 1948, Chambers faced a slander suit from

　　Alger Hiss, one of his former compatriots whom he had reluctantly identified as a communist in a public interview.

　　This comment opened the door for Hiss to make an aggressive legal attack during a period when both men were

　　already embroiled in an investigation by the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC). Although

　　Chambers had deliberately chosen not to reveal the microfilm, this legal attack convinced him to tacitly admit its

　　existence to Robert Stripling, the chief investigator of HUAC. When two investigators traveled to 8 Chambers’

　　farmhouse the following evening, he led them to the backyard and revealed the evidence hidden inside the hollow

　　pumpkin.

　　9 Many people still believed that Alger Hiss was innocent: while some sources argue that the actual content of the

　　microfilm had little relevance to the case, others suggest that the 10 sequential public interest created pressure for a

　　careful verdict. However, there is no question that the indictment of Alger Hiss on December 15 represented both a

　　triumph and a tragedy. The conflict between these two men was only a microcosm of the massive, destructive

　　struggle between two incompatible philosophies; perhaps it is best summarized by 11 Richard Nixon as a struggle

　　“dependent upon the question of identity.”

　　1

　　A. NO CHANGE

　　B. pulled

　　C. was pulling

　　D. pulling

　　2

　　A. NO CHANGE

　　B. lying

　　C. lay

　　D. lain

　　3

　　A. NO CHANGE

　　B. press, had

　　C. press; had

　　D. press had

　　4 At this point, the writer is considering deleting the underlined portion. Should the writer make this deletion?

　　A. Yes, because this phrase contradicts the characterization of Chambers provided in the introduction.

　　B. Yes, because this phrase repeats information about the identity of Chambers already provided in the introduction.

　　C. No, because this phrase helps explain why Chambers decided to defect from the Communist party.

　　D. No, because this phrase identifies one of the unnamed characters in the introduction as Chambers.

　　5 At this point, the writer wants to provide support for the statement made in the first part of the sentence. Which of

　　the following quotations by Chambers best accomplishes this goal?

　　A. NO CHANGE

　　B. “in any such change as I was making, the soul itself is in flux.”

　　C. “practicality and precaution are of no more help than prudence or craft.”

　　D. “I committed the characteristic crimes of my century.”

　　6

　　A. NO CHANGE

　　B. hid with his family for a short time.

　　C. went on the run and into hiding after this decision.

　　D. went into hiding with his wife and children.

　　7

　　A. NO CHANGE

　　B. for

　　C. to

　　D. in

　　8

　　A. NO CHANGE

　　B. Chamber’s farmhouse

　　C. Chambers farmhouses’

　　D. the farmhouse of Chamber’s

　　9 Which choice provides the smoothest transition from the previous paragraph to this one? A. NO CHANGE

　　B. Hiding the microfilm inside a pumpkin may not have been wise:

　　C. Opinions on the importance of the pumpkin papers are split:

　　D. Few people paid attention to this aspect of the investigation:

　　10

　　A. NO CHANGE

　　B. consequent

　　C. adjacent

　　D. nearby

　　11 The writer wants to conclude with a strong, memorable reference that captures the broad historical significance of

　　this struggle. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?

　　A. NO CHANGE

　　B. Robert Stripling’s comment at one of the many hearings: “you are a remarkable and agile young man, Mr. Hiss.”

　　C. Whittaker Chambers' own phrase, “a tragedy of history.”

　　D. Alger Hiss’s statement that he would do everything in his means “to get at the truth.”

　　DCADB ACACB C

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