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In the water around New York city is a very small island ___1___ Liberty Island. On Liberty Island there is a very special ___2___ called the Statue of Liberty. It is one of the ___3___ famous sights in the world.
___4___ Statue of Liberty was a gift ___5___ the people of France to the people of the Passageed States. The Statue was made ___6___ a French sculptor named Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. The inner support ___7___ was designed by Gustave Eiffel, the same man ___8___ made the famous Eiffel Tower in ___9___.
Liberty, of course, ___10___ freedom, and the Statue of Liberty was given to the Passageed States to ___11___ the one __12___ anniversary of US independence from ___13___. The statue was built in France, taken ___14___ piece by piece and then ___15___ in the Passageed States. It was opened for ___16__ public on October 28, 1886.
___17___ you might expect, the statue is very big. Visitors can ride an elevator from the ground to the ___18___ of the statue. If they want to, they can then __19__ up the 168 steps to reach the head of the Statue ___20___ they can look out and enjoy the beautiful sight of the city of New York.
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1 .过去分词短语作定语,表被动意义。2 .根据后面的Statue of Liberty可知此空填statue。3 .句意为:“自由女神像是世界上最有名的景点之一。”“the most”构成最高级。4 .根据第一段第二句最后四个单词可知此处填the。5 .from在此句中意为“来自”,即来自法国人民的礼物,因为后面还有to表示送给美国人民的礼物。整个句子意为:“自由女神像是法国人民送给美国人民的礼物”。6 .被动语态,by后加动作的发出者。7 .system意为“系统,体系”。8 .此处who引导定语从句修饰the man,在从句中作主语。9 .据Eiffel Tower位于Paris知,应选A项。10 .mean表示“意思是”。11 .从宾语anniversary知,此处表“庆祝”。12 .The one hundredth anniversary意为“一百周年”。13 .美国从英国独立出来。14 .take apart为固定短语,意为“拆开”。15 .rebuilt 意为“重新建造”,和前面的take apart在意义上相呼应。16 .the public为“公众”之意。17 .“As you might expect”意为“正如你所期望的”。18 .离顶部还有168步台阶。19 .Walk up…to…意为“走近”。20 .表地点用where引导定语从句。 |