Reading/Comprehension - Asking/Answering questions SNS 2

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In June, Diane visited her friends who live in San Francisco, California. This was Diane’s first time in the city, and she enjoyed her opportunities to walk around and explore.

• What did Diane visit?

• Where did Diane go?

• Who did Diane visit?

• When did Diane visit her friends?

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On the first day of her trip, Diane visited the Golden Gate Bridge. This red suspension bridge measures 1.7 miles in length. Diane and her friends did not walk across the bridge. However, they viewed it from the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which offers hiking trails, picnicking areas, and presents spectacular views of the bridge and city.

• Did Diane and her friends walk across the bridge?

• Where did Diane and her friends go?

• Did Diane and her friends go to San Francisco?

• Did Diane visit San Francisco?

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The next day, Diane and her friends visited Alcatraz Island. This island is located 1.25 miles offshore in the San Francisco Bay.

• when did Diane and her friends visit Alcatraz Island?

• How long is Alcatraz Island?

• Who visited Alcatraz Island?

• Where is Alcatraz Island situated?

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Diane and her friends took a small tour boat across bay to reach the island. Their visit included a guided tour through the old military base and prison.

• What time did Diane and her friends reach the island?

• Why did Diane and her friends reach the island?

• How did Diane and her friends reach the island?

• Why type of island did Diane and her friends visit?

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Diane and her friends spent the final day of her vist in San Francisco’s downtown area. Diane’s favorite part of her entire trip was taking a trolley to transport her up and down the hilly streets of San Francisco. Diane did a lot of shopping downtown on her last day. She and her friends celebrated the end of her visit by having dinner at one of San Francisco’s best restaurants.

• Did Diane go shopping on her last day?

• Who did Diane shop with on her last day?

• Where did Diana go on her last day?

• What did Diane do on her last day?

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The Statue of Liberty is probably the most famous icon of the USA. It was built to celebrate the end of slavery, and later became a symbol for freedom among immigrants. The statue depicts Libertas, the Roman goddess of liberty. And the torch she carries high above her outstretched arm represents a light that guides people along the path to freedom. Interestingly, however, Liberty looks different from the way the designer first intended.

What does the Statue of Liberty's torch symbolize?

• It symbolizes slavery.

• It symbolizes a light that guides people to freedom.

• It symbolizes immigration.

• It symbolizes a Roman goddess.

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The idea for the statue came from a poet, Édouard de Laboulaye. When the American Civil war ended, he wanted to commemorate the end of the slave trade with a gift. He and other people who opposed slavery raised money and hired a sculptor, Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, to design the statue. Bartholdi later employed the French engineer, Gustave Eiffel, to devise its structure.

Why did Édouard de Laboulaye help raise money to build the Statue of Liberty?

• He wanted to celebrate the end of slavery.

• He wanted to celebrate slave trade.

• He wanted to travel.

• He wanted to go to war.

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The idea for the statue came from a poet, Édouard de Laboulaye. When the American Civil war ended, he wanted to commemorate the end of the slave trade with a gift. He and other people who opposed slavery raised money and hired a sculptor, Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, to design the statue. Bartholdi later employed the French engineer, Gustave Eiffel, to devise its structure. Eiffel, who would subsequently build the famous tower in Paris, was already a well-known designer of railway bridges.

Did Gustave Eiffel design the Statue of Liberty before designing the Eiffel Tower?

• No, he did not.

• Yes, he did.

• We don't know.

• It's not in the text.

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Eiffel designed the statue to be built around a massive metal skeleton, similar to the Eiffel tower. Huge pieces of copper were fixed onto this to form its shape. Until recently, two copies of the plans were believed to exist. But recently, a third copy was discovered, which revealed some interesting information.

What material was used in the constrution of the Statue of Liberty?

• It was iron.

• It was silver.

• It was gold.

• It was copper.

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At first, visitors could climb a ladder to the torch in Liberty’s arm, but in 1916, there was an explosion on a nearby island. It damaged the statue and made it unsafe, and the stairway to the torch has been closed ever since. During restoration work in the 1980s, engineers noticed that the structure inside Liberty’s head, shoulders, and arm were different from how they were shown on Eiffel’s plans.

When was the stairway to the torch closed to the public?

• It was closed in 1961.

• It was closed in 1916.

• It was closed in the 1980s.

• It was closed in 1981.