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On July 4，1986，Americans celebrated the Statue of Liberty’s（自由女神） 100th birthday．Parades，speeches，fireworks，and other activities contributed to the great joy of the event．The celebration caused reporters and the 1ocal people to 1ook back a century to the similar great joy that marked the official opening of the statue．The Statue of Liberty was completed in 1886，but the story began earlier．The idea for a statue was first suggested at a dinner party by Edouard de Laboulaye， a French historian ．A guest at the party was Frederic Bartholdi，a young sculptor．
Most people who attended the dinner party soon forgot the idea，but Laboulaye and Bartholdi remembered it．In 187l， Bartholdi came to the United States to interest Americans in a statue that would link France and the United States in friendship．Many people in France had  already been persuaded and contributed money to the project．Americans were also persuaded to build a fund （基金）for the statue．Much of the money came from school children．
After the idea had been accepted，Bartholdi set to work． He worked hard for many years．His friend Laboulaye died before the statue was completed．At last，in 1885，the statue was sent to the United States．It had to be shipped in sections and then put together for its weight and size．
Ever since then， 1886，the Statue of Liberty has stood as a symbol of freedom to millions of immigrants entering New York Harbor．
【小题1】Bartholdi made his first trip to the United States to talk about the Statue of Liberty in________．

A．1986B．187lC．1885D．1886
【小题2】The Statue of Liberty was shipped in sections because_______．
A．it was too 1arge and heavy to move to USA as a whole
B．USA had better means of putting it together than France
C．the completed statue was a symbol of friendship for Americans
D．putting it together cost less money and labour in USA
【小题3】From the content，we may feel that the writer is _______when he is writing the passage．
A．calmB．curiousC．worriedD．Modest(谦虚)
【小题4】Which of the following titles best summarizes(归纳) the content of the passage？
A．Labou1aye and Bartholdi：Makers of the Statue of the Liberty
B．How People Made the Statue of Liberty Possible
C．The l00th Birthday of the Statue of Liberty
D．The True Story of the Statue of Liberty


【小题1】B
【小题2】A
【小题3】A
【小题4】D

解析试题分析：本文叙述了自由女神像的故事，它是人们为了见证美国与法国之间的友谊，人们提议要建立一个这种神像，它是有Laboulaye和他的朋友一起建成的，并把神像分开运到美国。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据In 187l， Bartholdi came to the United States to interest Americans in a statue that would link France and the United States in friendship．故选B。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据It had to be shipped in sections and then put together for its weight and size．因为神像太大和太重不能整体运输，故选A。
【小题3】细节理解题。根据从整篇文章的语气来看，作者写这篇文章时，心情是平静的，故选A。
【小题4】主旨大意题。根据整篇的内容来看主要叙述了自由女神像的故事，故选D。
考点：故事类短文阅读。
点评：做主旨大意题时，首先要搞清是问某一段还是全文的大意，可利用文中主要信息来把握文脉，进行综合归纳，概括文章的主题。如有标题，标题中的蕴含的信息往往是关键信息。另外，任何一篇文章都是围绕某个主题展开的，因此，许多文章中最明显的特点之一是有一个反复出现的中心词，即高频词，也叫做主题词。抓住了它，便容易抓住文章的中心。

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1.The earliest web-based email came into being probably _______.

A. in 1991                            B. in 1996                   C. in 1997                   D. in 2007

2.The author mentions “fax” in the third paragraph in order to tell us that _______.

A. it is exactly as good as email

B. it is much better than email

C. it is less convenient than email

D. it is easier and faster than email

3.The underlined word “compulsion” in Paragraph 4 probably means “_______”.

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C. Email brings us great convenience.

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A．As the canal grew, towns along its course developed fast.

B．It cost $7,143,789 , but it soon gained its price many times over.

C．The Erie Canal was the first important national waterway built in the US.

D．More workers were needed to build the canal.

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1.The underlined word “emitted” in the 2nd paragraph means_______.

A．gave off

B．gave away

C．set out

D．set off

2.According to the passage, which order of the following is right?

① Marie Curie worked as a governess. ② Marie Curie met and marry Pierre Curie.

③ Marie Curie learned to read. ④ Marie Curie was honored with a second Nobel Prize.

⑤ Marie Curie discovered radium.

A．①②③④⑤

B．③①②⑤④

C．①②③⑤④

D．③①②④⑤

3. When did Marie Curie win a Nobel Prize for a chemistry?

A．In her twenties

B．In her thirties

C．In her forties

D．In her fifties

4.What does the passage mainly talked about?

A．Marie Curie discovered radium

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