American Symbols

The Eagle Displaying the eagle is a traditional practice that celebrates the individual's freedom of choice guaranteed to all citizens of the United States of America. The (0)..A.. eagle was chosen June 20, 1782 as the emblem of the United States of America, because of its long life, great strength and majestic looks, and also because it was (1)… to exist only on this continent. It has become a tradition to display the eagle, or the Seal of the United States which contains the eagle, in locations where the Federal Government has offices. The eagle is (2)… on U.S. currency and coins. Many families have an eagle with spread wings above doors, entries or garages.

The USA Flag The thirteen stripes in the flag, seven red and six white, stand (3)… the thirteen colonies that joined together in 1776 to declare (4)...free from the rule of England. The fifty white, five-pointed stars stand for the fifty states that now make up the US nation. As each new state was added to the country, so was a new star and stripe. But as the flag began to grow people realized that there would be many more states joining in the United States and soon the flag would be too big. So in 1818 the members of the Congress (5)… to return the size of the flag to thirteen stripes and add a star for each new state. As for the colours of the flag, red stands for great courage, white stands for purity and goodness, blue stands for justice.

Uncle Sam Uncle Sam is the figure that (6)… become a symbol of the United States. It is a bearded man who (7)…striped pants, a long tailcoat and a tall hat with stars and stripes.

Samuel Wilson was born in Arlington, Massachusetts in 1766. (8)… the War of 1812, Sam Wilson supplied meat to the United States Army in barrels marked U.S. When somebody asked what the U.S. stood for one of Wilson's workers said “Uncle Sam Wilson”. The story became popular when it was printed in a New York City newspaper. After the war Uncle Sam became a symbol of the nation.

The Statue of Liberty The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the USA in honor of the friendship between France and the United States and the liberty of these two countries. It was made by Frederic Auguste Bartoldi after the location for (9)… colossal statue was chosen. They chose Bedloe Island that in 1956 was officially named Liberty Island. Bartholdi created a huge statue of a woman with her right arm holding a torch high above her head. He modeled her face after the strong features of his own mother's face. The statue's height is 46.0.5 metres and its (10)… is 204 metric tones.

0	A bald	Bbold	Cbolt	Dgold
1	A believe	B believed	C believing	D believes
2	A fined	B founded	C found	Dfinding
3	A to	Bby	Cfrom	D for
4	A itself	B themselves	C themself	D theyselves
5	A elected	Bwrote	C voted	D waited
6	A has	B have	C was	Dis
7	A wheals	Bwhereas	C wears	Dwhirrs
8	A While	B For	C Since	D During
9	A these	B this	Cthat	D those
10	A wait	Bway	C weigh	D weight

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