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The Statue of Liberty, which stands on Liberty island in New York Harbor, was putup in 1886. It was a gift to the United States from the people of France. Over the yearsFrance and the United States had a special relationship. _____41_____ The French wantedto do something special for the U.S. centennial, its 100th birthday.Laboulaye was a well-known Frenchman who admired the United States. One nightat a dinner in his house, Laboulaye talked about the idea of a gift. Among Laboulaye’sguests was the French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. Bartholdi thought of a statue ofliberty. _____42_____ Bartholdi traveled to America to select the site and spent 21 yearscompleting the work.Many people contributed in some way. _____43_____ The American people raisedmoney to pay for the pedestal. The French engineer Alexander Eiffel, who was famous forhis Eiffel Tower in Paris, figured out how to make the heavy statue stand.In the years after the statue was put up, many immigrants came to the United Statesthrough New York. _____44_____ She symbolized a welcome to a land of freedom.The Statue of Liberty has also served as a tourist attraction. _____45_____ Themonument reopened in August, 2004 but the crown and its interior observation deckremained off-limits to the public until July 4th of 2009. The reopening may help erase thememory of terrorism and heal some of the wounds of 2001.
(A) The French people gave money for the statue, while Americans designed and builtthe pedestal for the statue to stand on.
(B) He offered to design the statue, a robe-clad lady wearing a seven-ray crown andholding a torch up high in her right hand.
(C) As they entered New York Harbor, they saw the Statue of Liberty holding up hertorch.
(D) However, the monument was closed to the public after the terrorist attacks onSeptember 11, 2001.
(E) In 1776 France helped the American colonies gain independence from England.
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參考答案

答案：E
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(1),D(0),E(2)

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