* Thomas Jefferson could read Greek, Latin, French and English.

* John Quincy Adams used to get up two hours before sunrise to go skinny dipping in the Potomac River.

* Andrew Jackson was the only president to ever kill a man in a duel(決斗).

* Franklin Pierce was arrested for running over a woman while driving his carriage in Washington, DC．The charges were later dropped.

* Ulysses S. Grant was arrested for speeding while driving a horse and buggy in Washington, DC．He had to pay a fine of $20 and walk back to the White House.

* Benjamin Harrison was so afraid of electric lights that he used to have White House staff turn them on and off.

* Warren G. Harding once lost all the White House china gambling, on one hand of cards.

* Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s mother forced him to wear dress until he was five years old.

* Lyndon Baines Johnson used to go through the White House at night turning lights off that were not needed. He didn’t want to waste the taxpayers’ money. At fifteen he ran away from home and traveled to California where he worked as a grape picker and auto mechanic.

* Gerald Ford also loved golf, but spectators had to watch carefully because the President was known for hitting people on the head with his wild shots.

* Ronald Reagan announced Chicago Cubs games for WHO radio in Des Moines. Later he became a famous movie and television actor.

* George Bush was the captain of the baseball team at Yale University.

1．The list is made here to entertain the readers with American presidents’ _______.

A．special hobbies                                 B．outstanding achievements  

C．fun facts                                          D．political life

2．The President who liked playing cards was _________.

A．Franklin Pierce                                  B．Andrew Jackson  

C．John F. Kennedy                                D．Warren G. Harding

3．Lyndon Baines Johnson formed a habit of turning off lights at White House because _______.

A．he was afraid of electric lights              B．he valued the taxpayers’ money

C．he ran away from home when young     D．he used to work like workers

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