竞赛模拟试题（19）—D

Part II 综合能力

A. Error Correction.

The White House began to be built in 1792, but it was not completed until ten years later. Every American president lived in it except for George Washington, although he did 1._________

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have a majority part in designing it.

2._________

The government held a competition to choose the best designer for the president's house. The winner was a young man of South Carolina 3._________

James Hoban. His design was a three-level house of stone. And President Washington made some changes in the winning design. He made the house long and wider, and changed it into a 4._________

two-storeyed house instead of three.

The second president, John Adams, was first to live in the White House. When he and

5._________

his wife moved onto the new House in

6._________

November, 1899, work was still going on, although the main live area was completed. The 7._________

whole work did not finish until the administration of the 3rd president, Thomas Jefferson.

Twelve years later, the British army invaded Washington and burned down the White House. The fire completely destroyed the inside of the building and experts said the White House was so dangerous to live in. Later on workers rebuilt 8._________

the inside of the White House. More offices were added, most of which underground. None

9._________

of the work, however, changed the appearing of

10._________

the building. Many people asked why the president's house is called the White House. Historians say it has been so called simply because it was painted white.