The white House began to be built in 1792, but it
, } n- v$ }9 ~5 fwas not completed until ten years later. Every American president lived
; \6 O. {# t, Din it except for George Washington, although he did have a ___1_____
* `7 [2 H$ f1 [1 umajority part in designing it. ____2____
& B, O. |4 Q w. @8 _: Q. w! ?The government held a competition to choose the best : f2 P" x$ X* B1 V. w( @* k
design for the president"s house. The winner was a young man of ____3___
( b" n; a1 F" f" ~3 G' v+ pSouth Carolina, James Hoban. His design was a three-level 7 E( C$ u% p3 s6 |
house of stone. And President Washington made some changes
# S1 A+ v- l0 _* g- T! m5 gin the winning design. He made the house long and wider, and ____4___
( p5 |# q5 w0 g: S( b3 n; L' jchanged it into a two-storied house instead of three.& {: j/ F4 m6 h3 ~. J6 Z
The second president, John Adams, was first to live in the _____5___
9 W0 S% P5 o" d5 H2 pWhite House. When he and his wife moved onto the new house ____6____
$ d& U. V: H" a+ B2 r5 c2 V1 J5 ^in November, 1800, work was still going on, although the main5 ~: }9 t. J* y, s, M5 U6 X
live area was completed. The whole work did not finish until the ____7____
) ~* r/ W+ X4 qadministration of the 3rd president, Thomas Jefferson.
1 U1 [& t7 f; _: p' KTwelve years later, the British army invaded Washington
0 J$ T" m; r5 Vand burned the White House. The fire completely destroyed the
9 T& m: \+ c- F! I$ H9 ~3 B: ninside of the building and experts said the White House was so ____8____6 ]! S" e6 F; k& k( m4 V" [
dangerous to live in. Later on workers rebuilt the inside of the
6 k0 A" |+ e1 P" z* Q) [White House. More offices were added, most of which underground. ___9____6 N" m9 o, s5 M' c; l
None of the work, however, changed the appearing of ___10_____; \3 d' U4 X1 ~! z
the building. Many people asked why the president"s house is called
3 @% T+ y4 K+ f+ `9 Y7 _the White House. Historians say it has been so called simply because ) [! p: p/ z4 O" P9 B5 W
it was painted white.
2 L, q9 N1 u( p4 D `* P1.for → ／
8 H* \: c. `" i# E8 ^; O- `" j在句子中说明前后两个相等成份的关系时用except，否则用except for。本句是说每位美国总统，除了乔治%26#8226;华盛顿，都曾在白宫居住过“Every American president”与“George Washington”为对等成分，故应去掉for。( {9 l* e. [2 ^
2.majority → major; e5 Z( }* V' J {( `& p; q
majority意为“大多数”、“半数以上”，一般后接复数名词，而major则为“主要的”。本句意为“华盛顿在设计白宫中起了主要作用”，故应用major。
. B+ V6 p" s$ A3 v1 p3.of → from
. q; k. p$ @$ y要表示一个人的家乡在哪里，介词应为from。4 L% [/ h' a5 Z6 f& c
4.long → longer
! h E g4 K2 g8 l本句意思是说华盛顿把白宫设计得比原来更长，更宽了一些。与原来作比较，long当然应用比较级，而且and连接的两个形容词也应为对等成分，既然wider是比较级，long也应为比较级。
5 u: d- Y0 ?( z( G5 ^5. was ∧ first → the
2 j! K. V, K1 I1 d& Tthe +序数词具有名词意味，在这里the first即表示the first president。
7 X3 l+ R- w0 |( V# `% T; |5 s' D6. onto → into
# D R4 |+ v4 ?1 L# A( D“搬进新居”应为“move in”或“move into”,move on意为“继续前进”，而“move onto”则是不存在的。5 y5 {: @, a6 \+ u5 {) {: k
7.live → living
3 V7 S# l8 n# z. Mlive (a)意为“活着的”，而“living”则是“适于居住的”、“生活的”。the living area意为“适于居住的地区”。
S: y% \% F( r6 H* u! V* O1 o1 E! ?8. so → too0 H& n3 |8 |! h$ }" P3 E5 w, S' m) [
原文说，战火把楼房的内部完全烧毁了，专家们说白宫太危险了，不能居住了，所以后来工人们才又重修白宫内部。“太……太……”应为“too…too…”。; @$ o. D1 t' |) a/ \( u
9. which ∧ underground → were 或which → them
: n0 @' P8 ]) E/ Q( T+ g. Y本句有两种改法，若想使这部分成为非限制性定语从句，则which引导一个句子，后面应加一个“were”；若想使这部分为独立成分，则改which为them。
# f7 i+ X- p, p2 g, j10. appearing → appearance
. f' E' Z' y5 q7 T$ X原句意思是说，重建白宫的工作并未改变它的外貌。appearing为appear(出现)的v. + ing形式，appearance意为“外观，外貌”。 |
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