OnNovember19,1863,AbrahamLincolnwenttoGettysburginPennsylvaniatospeakattheNationalSoldiersCemetery.TheCivilWarwasstillgoingon.TherewasmuchcriticismofPresidentLincolnatthetime.Hewasnotatallpopular.HehadbeeninvitedtospeakatGettysburgonlyoutofpoliteness.TheprincipalspeakerwastobeEdwardEverett,afamousstatesmanandspeakeroftheday.Everettwasahandsomemanandverypopulareverywhere. ItissaidthatLincolnpreparedhisspeechonthetrainwhilegoingtoGettysburg.Latethatnight,aloneinhishotelroomandtiredout,heagainworkedbrieflyonthespeech.ThenextdayEverettspokefirst.Hespokeforanhourand57minutes.Hisspeechwasaperfectexampleoftherichoratoryoftheday.ThenLincolnrose.Thecrowdof15,000peopleatfirstpaidlittleattentiontohim.Hespokeforonlynineminutes.Attheendtherewaslittleapplause.Lincolnturnedtoafriendandremarked,"Ihavefailedagain."OnthetrainbacktoWashington,hesaidsadly,"Thatspeechwasaflatfailure,andthepeoplearedisappointed." Somenewspapersatfirstcriticizedthespeech.Butlittlebylittleaspeoplereadthespeechtheybegantounderstandbetter.Theybegantoappreciateitssimplicityanditsdeepmeaning.ItwasaspeechwhichonlyAbrahamLincolncouldhavemade. Today,everyAmericanschoolchildlearnsLincoln′sGettysburgAddressbyheart.NoweveryonethinksofitasoneofthegreatestspeechesevergiveninAmericanhistory. Itcanbeinferredfromthetextthat___________
A.Lincoln prepared his speech very carefully before he went to Gettysburg B.Lincoln was very busy at the time and didn' t have much time to prepare his speech C.Lincoln's speech was full of rich words D.Lincoln' s speech was very long正确答案B
