The Statue of Liberty was given by the Spanish people as a gift. （)

The Statue of Liberty was given to American people by ______ as a gift In 1884.

A．France

B．Spain

C．Italy

D．Britain

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States. The statue was made by a French sculptor named Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. The inner support system was designed by Gustave Eiffel, the same man who made the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Liberty, of course, means freedom, and the Statue of Liberty was given to the United States to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of U. S. independence from England. The statue was built in France, taken apart piece by piece, and then rebuilt inn the United States. It was opened for the public on October 28, 1886.

As you might expect, the statue is very big. Visitors can ride an elevator from the ground to the bottom of the statue. If they want to, they can then walk up the 168 steps to reach the head of the statue where they can look out and enjoy the beautiful sight of New York.

A good title for this passage is ______.

A．Famous Sights in the World

B．Liberty Island

C．The Statue of Liberty

D．A Gift from France

French engineering genius is seen in the Statue of Liberty in ______.

A．design of its base

B．design of its stressed sheathing

C．locating the statue without disrupting harbor traffic

D．keeping the flame lit

SECTION B PASSAGES

Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

听力原文： In the water around New York City is a very small island called Liberty Island. On Liberty Island there is a very special statue called the Statue of Liberty. It is one of the famous sights in the world.

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States. The statue was made by a French sculptor named Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. The inner support system was designed by Gustave Eiffel, the same man who made the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Liberty, of course, means freedom, and the Statue of Liberty was given to the United States to celebrate the 100 th anniversary of U. S. independence from England. The statue was built in France, taken apart piece by piece, and then rebuilt in the United States. It was opened for the public on October 28, 1886.

As you might expect, the statue is very big. Visitors can ride an elevator from the ground to the bottom of the statue. If they want to, they can then walk up the 168 steps to reach the head of the statue where they can look out and enjoy the beautiful sight of the city of New York.

A good title for this passage is ______.

A．Famous Sights in the World

B．Liberty Island

C．The Statue of Liberty

D．A Gift from France

The Statue of Liberty's development embarrassed Americans in the 1880s because ______.

A．they took so long to raise the money

B．it was apparent the statue was mislocated

C．its design was tasteless

D．they felt that the concept was a waste of money