III. In this section, there are ten incomplete statements or questions, followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. (20 points, 2 points for each)

41. The purpose of the ANC program reforms is to ______.

A. encourage the growth of sustainable businesses

B. compete with large joint ventures

C. enhance taxpayers’ confidence in ANCs

D. get deals of any size without competition

42. The officials of Alaska native corporations gathered to ______.

A. discuss the reform proposals

B. find ways to help native Alaska people

C. improve corporate competition

D. protest against the Pentagon

43. The main proposal of officials from three of the ANCs is to ______.

A. acknowledge the problems and call for federal support

B. keep native problems to themselves

C. limit the size of contracts

D. stand by and do nothing

44. The word “anonymity” in the third paragraph means ______.

A. holding a negative attitude                              B. calling for public attention

C. keeping one’s name untold                             D. holding back one’s opinions

45. The corporation headquartered in Barrow is ______.

A. Doyon Limited                                             B. Cook Inlet Region Inc.

C. Chugach Corp.                                             D. Arctic Slope

46. The word “reiterated” in the sixth paragraph means ______.

A. responded                                                    B. reviewed

C. reconsidered                                                D. restated

47. In the ninth paragraph, Sarah Lukin’s attitude toward the reform proposals is ______.

A. tolerant                                                        B. supportive

C. negative                                                       D. conservative