2021年西北工业大学网络教育大学英语练习题（8）

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Passage Three

In 1801, Thomas Jefferson was the first president to take the oath of office in the nation’s permanent capital, Washington D. C. Although Washington was a new city, it was already familiar to President Jefferson. In fact, Jefferson had helped plan the capital’s streets and public buildings. Besides being a city planner and architect, the new President was a writer, a scientist, and the inventor of several tools.

Jefferson lived in the Presidential Palace. The Palace was more than a home; it contained offices for the President and some of his staff and advisors. It also included dining and reception rooms, where the President could entertain congressmen. However, President Jefferson did not give many formal parties. This was partly because there was no First Lady. Jefferson’s wife had died in 1782. But it was also because Jefferson liked to live in a simple fashion. Once, he showed up for an important meeting wearing old clothes and slippers! Neither Washington nor Adams would ever have dressed so casually.

Jefferson was different from the first two Presidents in other ways, too. He disagreed with them about how the country should be run, and about what part a President should play in running it.

39.According to the passage, the Presidential Palace was built to be ______.

A. an office building and home B. a meeting place for congressmen

C. a home D. an office building

40.According to the passage, Thomas Jefferson was all of the following except ______.

A. a writer B. a city planner

C. the third president of the United States D. a carpenter

41.Thomas Jefferson did not entertain very often in Washington D. C. because ______.

A.he did not have new clothes

B.the food there was bad

C.he did not enjoy carefully prepared parties and there was no First Lady

D.his wife did not like it

42.Which of the following statements about Washington D. C. is true? .

A.It was not the first capital of the United States.

B.All the American presidents took the oath of office in Washington D.C.

C.There were many old streets in Washington D. C. before 1801.

D.Washington D. C. was planned by Thomas Jefferson.

答案

39-42 A D C A

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