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Questionsarebasedonthefollowingpassage: OnNovember19,1863,AbrahamLincolnwenttoGettysburginPennsylvaniatospeakattheNationalSoldiersCemetery．TheCivilWarwasstillgoingon．TherewasmuchcriticismofPresidentLincolnatthetime．Hewasnotatallpopular．HehadbeeninvitedtospeakatGettysburgonlyoutofpoliteness．TheprincipalspeakerwastobeEdwardEverett,afamousstatesmanandspeakeroftheday．
Everettwasahandsomemanandverypopulareverywhere．
ItissaidthatLincolnpreparedhisspeechonthetrainwhilegoingtoGettysburg．Latethatnight,aloneinhishotelroomandtiredout,heagainworkedbrieflyonthespeech．ThenextdayEverettspokefirst．Hespokeforanhourand57minutes．Hisspeechwasaperfectexampleoftherichoratoryoftheday．
ThenLincolnrose．Thecrowdof15,000peopleatfirstpaidlittleattentiontohim．Hespokeforonlynineminutes．Attheend,therewaslittleapplause．Lincolnturnedtoafriendandremarked,"Ihavefailedagain．"OnthetrainbacktoWashington,hesaidsadly,"Thatspeechwasaflatfailure,andthepeoplearedisappointed．
Somenewspapersatfirstcriticizedthespeeeh．Butlittlebylittleaspeoplereadthespeechtheybegantounderstandbetter．Theybegantoappreciateitssimplicityanditsdeepmeaning．ItwasaspeechwhichonlyAbrahamLincolncouldhavemade．
Today,everyAmericanschoolchildlearnsLineoln'sGettysburgAddressbyheart．NoweveryonethinksofitasoneofthegreatestspeechesevergiveninAmericanhistory．
In1863,AbrahamLincolnwas（ ）． A．verycritical
B．unpopular
C．verypopular
D．verycourteous
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