9541 statue of liberty complete language test

LANGUAGE TEST

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Date____________

NAME__________________________________________

Statue of Liberty: A Famous Gift

On July 4, 1884 France gave the United
States an amazing birthday gift: the Statue of
Liberty! Without the base at the bottom, it is as tall
as a 15-story building. She is a symbol of the United
States. But the world-famous Statue of Liberty
standing in New York Harbor was built in France.
The statue was shown to the U.S., taken apart,
shipped across the Atlantic Ocean in crates, and
rebuilt in the U.S. It was France’s gift to the American
people.
It all started at dinner one night near Paris in 1865. A
group of Frenchmen were talking about their dictator
and the democratic government of the U.S. They
wanted to build a monument to support American freedom. Maybe then, France would have a
democracy in their own country.
At that dinner was the sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi (bar-TOLE-dee). He imagined a
statue of a woman holding a torch burning with the light of freedom. It took 21 years for this idea
to become a reality. French supporters raised money to build the statue, and Americans paid for
the base it would stand on. Finally, in 1886, the statue was dedicated.
Fun Facts
* Engineer Gustave Eiffel, who would later design the Eiffel Tower in Paris, designed

Liberty’s “spine.” Inside the statue four huge iron columns support a metal framework
that holds the thin copper skin.
* The statue - 151 feet, 1 inch tall - was the tallest structure in the U.S. at that time. Do
you know what the tallest structure in the U.S. is today?
* The arm holding the torch measures 46 feet; the index finger, 8 feet; the nose, nearly
5 feet. That is a big nose! (Be careful, if it gets cold she may sneeze!)
* Visitors climb 354 steps (22 stories) to look out from 25 windows in the crown.
* Seven rays in the crown represent the Earth’s seven seas.
Extracted from National Geographic Magazine.


1-Read the story. Use the information in the story to answer the questions below.
1- Where is the Statue of Liberty located?
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2- How was the Statue of Liberty shipped over from France?
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3- Why did France want to build this monument ?
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4- Who sculpted the Statue of Liberty?
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5- What makes up the Statue of Liberty’s “spine”?
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2-Match the definitions with words from the text.
1- a container for transporting huge things ______________________________
2- system of government by the whole people of a country_________________
3- a ruler who has total power over his country (by force)__________________
4- an image or object that represents something else______________________
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3-What do these words in the text refer to?
1- It (line 3)______________________________________________________
2- She (line 4)____________________________________________________
3- They (line 11)__________________________________________________
4- Their (line 14)__________________________________________________
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4-A journalist is interviewing the French Ambassador regarding the “Famous Gift”.
Write the questions,please.
1- __________________________________________________________________
It all started at dinner one night near Paris in 1865.
2-__________________________________________________________________
The sculptor was Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi.
3-__________________________________________________________________
Yes, he was French.
4-__________________________________________________________________
The statue is 151 feet, 1 inch tall.
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5-Prepositons.
Add AT, IN or ON to the sentences.
1- I think we’re going to be in Hungry ____________December.
2- The party started ___________ lunchtime and ended ____________ midnight.
3- My parents got married __________ 14th February.
4- He visited Argentina __________ 1998.
5- We’re having our next drama group meeting ___________ Thursday.
6- He was lying _____________ the beach.
7- The car was waiting ___________ the traffic lights.
8- There’s a spot _____________ your chin.

9- I left your card ___________ home.
10- The socks are _________ the top drawer.
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6-Prepositions SINCE and FOR + time expressions.
Add for or since to the sentences.
1 - He's worked there ___________ he left college.
2 - I've know her __________ ages.
3 - It's been open ___________ last month.
4 - I lived there __________ several years.
5 - She's studied here __________ two years.
6 - I haven't seen them _________ July.
7 - I’ve been practising this trick _____________ Tuesday.
8 - He’s only been a professional musician ____________ a short time.
9 - I’ve only had piano lessons _____________ 31st October.
10 - That new magic show has only been on _____________ a fortnight*.
*a fortnight = 15 days
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7-Choose the answer that describes this type of sentence.
Please put the books on the shelf.
1- Exclamation
2- Question
3- Command
4- Statement
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8-Choose the complete subject in this sentence.
The football team charged down the field.
1- Football team
2- The football team
3- The football team charged
4- Charged down the field

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9-Which one is a complete sentence?
1- Smiled every morning when Jenny gets up.
2- Every morning when Jenny smiling gets up.
3- Every morning when Jenny gets up, she smiles.
4- Every morning when Jenny gets up smiles.
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10-Punctuate the following sentence:
mr john maynard runs a paint store in london england
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11- Complete the sentences wiyh the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1- She____________________(hear) a noise while she __________________(read) in bed.
2- The door ___________________(open) while I _________________(have) a shower.
3- While they ___________________(watch) TV, the electricity ______________(go) off.
4- We _______________(live) in Manchester from 1985 to 1990,but we ________________ (move) to
Liverpool now.
5- When we were kids, we ______________(go) to Miami for our holidays,but I _____________(not be)
back there for years.
6- When I was a boy I ________________(want) to be a football player,but I _________________(not
play) for years.
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12- Make these sentences passive. Use by + person.
1- The Inventors’ Club bought the Electic Mouse-Catcher.
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2- Ruff gave the best speech.
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3- Dr.Quixit will sign Splodge’s autograph book.
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4- Tumble has bought the Unbreakable egg.
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