Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

One (1)_____the most famous statues in the (2)_____stands on an island in New York Harbor. This (3)____is, of course, the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is a woman who holds a torch up high. Visitors can go inside the statue. The statue weighs 225 tons and is 301 feet (4)_____.

The Statue of Liberty was put up (5)______1886. It was a gift to the United States from the people of France.

In the years after the statue (6)______ put up, many immigrants came to the United States through New York. As they entered New York Harbor, they (7)____the Statue of Liberty (8)______ up her torch. She symbolized a welcome to a land of freedom.

(1)....................

• A. 
  of
• B. 
  from
• C. 
  between
• D. 
  in