READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
-----The Statue of Liberty-----
The Statue of Liberty that greets people at
New York harbour was a gift of friendship
from France to the United States of America
and the official name for it is 'Liberty
Enlightening the World'. The statue stands
305 feet from the ground to the top of the
torch and Lady Liberty, as the statue is
often called, is made of copper.
The idea to build it began in 1865 when
Fredric Bartholdi, a French sculptor was
asked to design a statue to celebrate the
birth centenary of the United States in
1876. Bartholdi used a live model to create
a small version of the statue which was
then used as the design for the real statue.
The pedestal for the statue was made by
American workers.
The statue cost both France and the United
States a lot of money and there were many
problems with funding and construction.
A public lottery was held in France and
in America, Joseph Pulitzer, the owner
of a newspaper, urged people to donate
generously though people who lived outside
of New York thought that only New York
should pay for it. Soon, however, money
began pouring in.
Bartholdi too had troubles of his own in
creating the statue and he hired an engineer
named Gustave Eiffel to help him with
the statue's steel skeleton. Later, Eiffel
would go on to build the famous Eiffel
Tower in Paris.
All these setbacks caused delay and the
statue was not completed until 1884.
It was delivered in 1885 in 350 pieces and
took American workers four months to put
it together. The statue was dedicated in
1886 by President Grover Cleveland.
Since then, the statue has had many repairs
and improvements. In 1986, a layer of gold
was added to the torch and visitors today
can view Lady Liberty from the pedestal
and they can even go into her crown or
torch. The Statue of Liberty stands as a
symbol of liberty and is a very special
gift from Paris.
The word 'pouring in' in the passage means _________ .
A coming in slowly
B coming little-by-little
C coming in generous amounts
D coming steadily
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