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第 36 至 39 題為題組      The following report appeared in a newspaper in February 2007.       On February 15, 2007, hundreds of people came to New York City’s famous railroad station—GrandCentral Terminal—to trade in old dollar bills for the new George Washington presidential US $1 coins.The gold-colored coin is the first in a new series by the U.S. Mint to honor former U.S. presidents. TheMint will issue four presidential US $1 coins a year through 2016. These coins will come out in the orderin which each president served. The George Washington coin is the first to be released. John Adams,Thomas Jefferson and James Madison coins will come out later this year.       The presidential US $1 coins have a special design. For the first time since the 1930s, there arewords carved into the edge of each coin, including the year in which the coin was issued and traditionalmottos. Each coin will show a different president on its face, or heads side. It will also show thepresident’s name. The other side of the coin will show the Statue of Liberty and the inscriptions “UnitedStates of America” and “$1.”       There are some interesting facts about the coins. First, there will be one presidential US $1 coin foreach president, except Grover Cleveland. He will have two! Cleveland is the only U.S. president to haveserved two nonconsecutive terms. The last president now scheduled to get a coin is Gerald Ford. That’sbecause a president cannot appear on a coin when he is still alive. In addition, a president must have beendeceased for two years before he can be on a coin.
【題組】36. According to the report, how many presidential US $1 coins were scheduled to be released by the endof 2007 altogether?
(A) One.
(B) Two.
(C) Three.
(D) Four.

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