Question

【題目】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. The president of the U.S.A. lives in it. It's really white. But do you know why the White House is white? The story happened in 1812. That year England was at war with America. The British army 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】White House is a house for ___________.

A. the American people.　　 B. the soldiers of U.S.A.

C. the presidents of U.S.A.　 D. the patients of U.S.A.

【2】England fought with America in ____________.

A. 1810 B. 1812 C. 1814 D. 1916

【3】The house is called “White House” because ____________.

A. it's covered with snow

B. the house is very clean

C. the stone walls of the house were painted white

D. they like white color

【4】The White House was painted white because ____________.

A. the house is old

B. the house is new

C. it was once on fire and was with marks

D. they have enough paint

【5】“ever since” means ___________.

A. never B. once C. from then on D. before

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】C

【4】C

【5】C

【解析】這篇文章介紹了為什么白宮的外墻顏色是白色的。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù).The president of the U.S.A. lives in it可知，美國總統(tǒng)住在白宮里。故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The story happened in 1812. That year England was at war with America可知，英美戰(zhàn)爭爆發(fā)于1812年。故選B。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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可知。故選C。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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可知，白宮被涂成白色的原因是它的外墻被火燒過。故選C。

【5】詞義猜測題。Ever since意思是：從那時開始。故選C。

點晴：這篇文章告訴我們白宮為什么是白色的。在做細節(jié)判斷題時，首先我們要仔細研讀題干中每個句子的意思，帶著問題閱讀原文，在原文中找出相對應的句子，只有完全符合文章意思的句子，才可判斷為正確，需要學生認真仔細地去推敲。如3，4題都是根據(jù)文中的真實句子判斷選出正確答案。