WhatisthetallestgiftreceivedbytheUnitedStates?LocatedinNewYorkHarborthe152-footStatueofLibertywasagiftofinternationalfriendshipfromthepeopleofFrancetothepeopleoftheUnitedStates.Aninspirationtomillio

　　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．FromthepassagewecanknowtherelationshipbetweenFranceandtheUSAfrom1776

　　to1865is　.

　　A.verycold　B.justso-so　C.quiteclose　D.quitetense

　　57．WhydidEdourddeLaboulayeputforwardtheprojectofbuildingtheStatueofLiberty?

　　A.Toshowrespec