Question

【题目】阅读短文，完成下列各题，将正确答案的序号填入题前括号内。

Do you know what the White House is? Perhaps some of you do, while others don’t.

The White House is a house in Washington D.C. The president of the USA works in it. It is really white. But do you know why the White House is white?

The story happened in 1812. That year England was at war (与……交战)with America; the British army (军队)got to Washington and set the president’s house on fire.

In 1814, in order to hide the marks of the fire, the stone walls of the president’s house were painted white and it has been the “White House” ever since.

( )1.The White House is ______.

A. a house for the president of the USA

B. a house for American people

C. a house for American soldiers

D.one of the American museums

( )2. In ______ American people painted the president’s house white.

A. 1810 B. 1812 C. 1814 D. 1816

( )3. The house is called “White House” because______.

A. the house is very clean

B. the stone walls of the house are white

C. the American people like white colour

D.it is covered with snow

( )4. In the passage “set...on fire” means “______”in Chinese.

A. 放火烧 B. 解雇 C. 开火 D.把……放在火上

( )5. The Chinese for “the White House” is“______”

A. 白房 B. 白殿 C. 怀特豪斯 D. 白宫

Answer 1

【答案】1. A 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.D

【解析】思路分析：本题应该先整体的通读文段，然后再通读试题问题题干，根据具体题干从文章中得出答案。

名师解析：1.题干问题是白宫是……，从第二行第二句The president of the USA works in it.美国的总统在里面工作。可知答案是A。

2.题干问题是在……年美国人民把白宫涂成了白色，从倒数第一段In 1814，in order to hide the marks of the fire, the stone walls of the president’s house were painted white and it has been the “White House” ever since.在1814年，为了盖住火烧过的标志，总统房子的石头墙被涂成了白色，从那以后就叫白宫。可知答案是C。

3.题干问题是这座房子被叫做白宫是因为……， 从倒数第一段In 1814, in order to hide the marks of the fire, the stone walls of the president’s house were painted white and it has been the “White House” ever since.在1814年，为了盖住火烧过的标志，总统房子的石头墙被涂成了白色，从那以后就叫白宫。可知答案是B。

4.题干问题是在文章里面set...on fire意思是……，set...on fire意思是放火烧，所以答案是A。

5.题干问题是the White House的汉语意思是……，the White House的意思是白宫。可知答案是D。