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Mount Rushmore is perhaps one of North America’s most distinguished and famous landmarks, right after the Statue of Liberty. It features the busts of four U.S. Presidents, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt. This place has an interesting story. First, a New York lawyer named Charles
(E) Rushmore visited the Black Hills in 1885. He asked a local the name of the granite mountain before them. Since the peak had no name, the man replied humorously, “Mount Rushmore.” The name has never been changed since! In 1923 state historian Doane Robinson suggested carving some giant statues in South Dakota’s Black Hills. However, the formations chosen, known as the Needles, were too fragile, and the sculptor, Mr. Gutzon Borglum, decided to use the granite mountain instead. Born in a family of Danish Mormons in Idaho in 1867, Borglum studied art in Paris and enjoyed moderate fame as a sculptor after remodeling the torch for the Statue of Liberty. Borglum chose the presidents “in commemoration of the foundation, preservation and continental expansion of the United States.” President Calvin Coolidge dedicated the memorial in 1927. At this very moment, near this mountain, there is another colossal monument in progress: the Crazy Horse Memorial, to honor this courageous Indian leader. In this way, history is preserved, as big as the heritage is, to be shared with everyone in an attractive way.
【題組】79 Mr. Gutzon Borglum .
(A) was an unknown artist before he carved the giant statues
(B) suggested carving some statues in South Dakota’s Black Hills
(C) chose the subjects for his sculptures
(D) was a sculptor from France

答案：C
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Martin Wang 國一下 (2015/02/15)
feature 特色
7F
Martin Wang 國一下 (2015/02/15)
bust 半身像
8F
sesame 大三上 (2015/04/15)

在自由女神像之後，Rushmore山或許是北美最著名且受歡迎的地標之一。以四位美國總統，華盛頓，傑佛遜，林肯和羅斯福為其特色。


這地方有個有趣的故事。首先，有個名為Charles E. Rushmore的紐約律師在1885年時拜訪Black Hills。他向一個當地人問花崗岩山的名字before them。因為這個山沒有名字，被問的那個人幽默地回答了，「Rushmore山」。自此之後這名字就再也沒被改過了！在1923年，國家歷史學家Doane Robinson建議在南達科他州(South Dakota)的Black Hills雕刻一些巨大雕像。然而，其結構的選擇，以Needles聞名，都很脆弱，而雕刻家Gutzon Borglum先生決定用花崗岩山。Gutzon Borglum先生1867年誕生在愛達荷州(Idaho)的丹麥摩門教的家庭...
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