The White House, the official home of the United States president, was not built in time for George Washington to live in it. It was begun in 1792 and was ready for its first inhabitants. President and Mrs.John Adams, who moved in on November 1, 1800. When the Adamses moved in, the White House was not yet complete, and the Adamses suffered many inconveniences; for example, the main staircase was incomplete, which hindered movement from floor to floor, and the future laundry yard was merely a pool of mud, so wet laundry was hung in the unfinished East Room to dry. Thomas Jefferson, the third president, improved the comfort of the White House in many respects and added new architectural features such as the terraces on the east and west ends.

   When the British forces burned the White House on August 24, 1814, President Madison was forced to leave.All the remained after the fire was the exterior walls, the interior was completely destroyed. It was not until December of 1817 that the following president, James Monroe, was able to move into a rebuilt residence. Since then, the White House has continued to be modified but has been continuously occupied by each succeeding U.S president.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

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• Man can hardly understand why many animals live their whole life in the desert, as .........

• The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to ______.

• What topic is this passage primarily concerned?

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• Why are there white rings on each end of the football?

• The phrase "weary of" is closest in meaning to ...............

• All of the following are true about the 1970 survey of Antarctica EXCEPT that it________.

• All of the following are TRUE about long – term memory EXCEPT that ..........

• According to paragraph 3, which of the following fields is NOT suitable for a person who does not want to live in a big city?

• The phrase “of no consequence” means .............

• The phrase “in season” in line 1 refers to ________ .

• Why did people name Cambridge the “city of Cambridge”?

• If there was a preceding paragraph to this passage it would most likely be concerned with which of the following topics?

• Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an activity of relaxation in the countryside of Britain?

• The word "scrutinized" in the fourth paragraph could be replaced by .............

• According to the passage, approximately how many non-native users of English are there in the world today?

• The word "thrive" is closest in meaning to ........

• Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the denomination of an American coin?

• The author mentions that all of the following are aware of quantities in some ways EXCEPT ............

• What does the writer mean by saying ''education quite often produces surprises"?

• When education first reached women, they were ..............