【阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhatisthetallestgiftreceivedbytheUnitedStates?LocatedinNewYorkHarborthe152-】
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
WhatisthetallestgiftreceivedbytheUnitedStates?LocatedinNewYorkHarborthe152-footStatueofLibertywasagiftofinternationalfriendshipfromthepeopleofFrancetothepeopleoftheUnitedStates．Aninspirationtomillionsofimmigrantsthisstatueisauniversalsymboloffreedomdemocracy（民主）anddiplomacy（外交）．
TherelationshipbetweentheUnitedStatesandFrancebeganduringAmerica'squestforindependencefromGreatBritainin1776．BenjaminFranklinwasamongthosewhoservedonthediplomaticfrontduringtheRevolutionaryWar．BylivinginParisastheAmericanambassadorBenjamincultivatedarelationshipwiththeFrenchgovernmentandtheFrenchpeople．AsaresultFrenchsoldiersfoughtalongsidetheAmericancolonists（拓殖者）．PariswasthesiteforpeacenegotiationsbetweentheUnitedStatesandGreatBritainattheendofthewar．
In1865EdourddeLaboulayeofFrancedevelopedtheideaofcreatingagiantstatuetohonorthefriendshipandthecommitmenttolibertybetweenFranceandtheUnitedStates．HeformedtheFrench-AmericanUniontoraisemoneyforthisproject．JosephPulitzerusedtheeditorialpagesofhisnewspapertoraisesupportintheUnitedStatesforthefund．FrenchsculptorAugusteBartholdiandstructuralengineerGustaveEiffelfinishedtheprojectinParisandtheFrenchpeoplepresentedittothepeopleofAmericaonJuly41884．ThestatuewasthenshippedacrosstheAtlanticin214boxesbrokeninto350individualseparatepieces．TheStatueofLibertywasdedicated（奉献）onOctober281886andPresidentGroverClevelandacceptedthestatueonbehalfoftheAmericanpeople．
EllisIslandwhichwasthearrivalpointforEuropeanimmigrantsispartoftheStatueofLibertyNationalMonument．Between1892and1924morethan22millionpassengerssawtheStatueofLibertyastheypassedthroughEllisIslandandthePortofNewYork．ThislandmarkoffreedombecameaNationalMonumentin1924andamajortouristattractioninthe20thCentury．
56．FromthepassagewecanknowtherelationshipbetweenFranceandtheUSAfrom1776to1865is_____．
A．verycoldB．justso-soC．quiteclose D．quitetense
57．WhydidEdourddeLaboulayeputforwardt