MCQ - cloze test:
In the waters around New York is a very island called Liberty. On Liberty Island there is a vry special statue called the statue of Liberty. It's one of the most (1) _____ sights in the world.
The Statue of Liberty was a gift (2) _____ the people of France to the people of the United States. The statue was made by a French (3) _____ 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, (4) _____ freedom, and the Statue of Liberty was given to the United States to (5) _____ the one-hundredth anniversary of U.S independence from England. The statue was built in France, (6) ______ apart piece by piece, and then rebuilt in the United States. It was opened to the (7) _____ on October 28, 1886.
(8) _____ you might expect, the statue is very big. Visitors can ride an elevator from the (9) _____ 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 (10) _____ they can look out and enjoy beautiful sight of the city of New York.
1. A. well-know B. celebrated C. famous D. notorious
2. A. from B. by C. of D. for
3. A. sculture B. sculptor C. carver D. potter
4. A. indicates B. points out C. clarifies D. means
5. A. organise B. commemorate C. celebrate D. hold
6. A. taken B. brought C. broken D. torn
7. A. humans B. crowd C. people D. public
8. A. So B. Like C. As D. Thus
9. A. surface B. ground C. soil D. level
10. A. where B. which C. when D. that
1 C
2 A
3 B
4 D
5 C
6 A
7 D
8 C
9 B
10 A