Exercise 8: Read the passage and answer the following questions.
Statue of Liberty
By Peter Winkler
On July 4, 1884 France presented the United States with an incredible birthday gift: The Statue of Liberty! Without its pedestal it’s as tall as a 15-story building. She represents the United States. But the world-famous Statue of Liberty standing in New York Harbor was built in France. The statue was presented 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 discussing their dictator-like emperor and the democratic government of the U.S. They decided to build a monument to American freedom - and perhaps even strengthen French demands for democracy in their own country. At that dinner was the sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi. He imagined a statue of a woman holding a torch burning with the light of freedom.
Turning Bartholdi’s idea into reality took 21 years. French supporters raised money to build the statue, and Americans paid for the pedestal it would stand on. Finally, in 1886, the statue was dedicated.
(Source: https://kids.nationalgeographiC.com/)
1. When was the Statue of Liberty given to the US?
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2. What is the height of the Statue of Liberty?
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3. How was the Statue of Liberty transported to the US?
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4. Who came up with the idea for the Statue of Liberty?
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5. How long did it take to complete the Statue of Liberty?
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Exercise 9: Rewrite the sentence using comparatives.
1. No one in my class is taller than Hang.
à Hang ____________________________________________________________________________.
2. Nothing in the shop is cheaper than this headphone.
à This headphone ___________________________________________________________________.
3. No one can swim faster than he does.
à ________________________________________________________________________ swimmer.
4. I like chocolate ice cream best.
à I don’t ___________________________________________________________________________.
5. No one in his family can read faster than Peter.
à Peter reads in his family _____________________________________________________________.
