The White House is the ② where the President (总统 ) of the U. S. A lives. It is ③ Washington D.C.

It is really ④ . But do you know ⑤ the White House is white?

The story ⑥ back to 1812. That year Britain was at war with ⑦ . The British soldiers (士兵) captured (占领 ) Washington, ⑧ some buildings including the President's house were set on ⑨ . In 1814, ⑩ hide

the marks (痕迹 ) of the fire, the brown stone walls of the President's house were painted white and it has been

called the "White House" since then (从那时起).

（ ）②A. room

（ ）③A. at

（ ）④A. red

（ ）⑤A. what

（ ）⑥A. comes

（ ）⑦A. America

（ ）⑧A. but

（ ）⑨A. fire

（ ）⑩A. on a visit to

B. house

B. of

B. brown

B. how

B. goes

B. Russia

B. or

B. water

B. on their way to

C. family

C. in

C. green

C. why

C. runs

C. Canada

C. and

C. rain

C. in order to (为了)

D. city

D. from

D. white

D. where

D. takes

D. France

D. then

D. war

D. as