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Lincoln was invited to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery because he was ______.
A．a famous speaker
B．a very handsome man
C．President of the country
D．a popular statesman
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It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Late that night, alone in his hotel room and tired out, be again worked briefly on the speech. The next day Everett spoke fast. He spoke for an hour and 57 minutes. His speech was a perfect example of the rich oratory of the day. Then Lincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paid little attention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the end there was little applause. Lincoln turned to a friend and remarked, "I have failed again". On the train back to Washington, he said sadly, "That speech was a flat failure, and the people are disappointed".
Some newspapers at first criticized the speech, but little by little as people redid the speech they began to understand better. (76) They began to appreciate its simplicity and its deep meaning. It was a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could have made.
Today, every American school child learns Lincoln' s Gettysburg Address by heart. Now everyone thinks of it as one of the greatest speeches ever given in American history.
In 1868, Abraham Lincoln was ______.
A．very critical
B．unpopular
C．very popular
D．very courteous
Lincoln thought it was wrong to keep Negroes ______ slaves.
A．in
B．as
C．for
D．at
A.Franklin Roosevelt
B.Abraham Lincoln
C.George Washington
D.Benjamin Franklin
It was a fact that Lincoln’S speech was__________ ．
A.an imnl ediate success
B.warmly applauded
C.a total failure
D.not well．received at first
It is evident that neither Lincoln nor the Judge was ______.
A．serious about their agreement
B．a native of Illinois
C．very knowledgeable about horses
D．in the mood for jokes
A．call off
B．call for
C．call on
D．call in
