填空题

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
You all know that U. S. Presidents always live in the White House, which is on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. What I’m going to talk about today is some of the 1 in White House styles that 2 over the years. As you may 3 , the White House was first built in 1792 on a 4 chosen by our first president, George Washington. He didn’t live there, though. John Adams, the second president, was the first one to live in the White House, even though it wasn’t finished when he and his wife 5 . In 1814 the house was 6 by the British, but was then rebuilt. It was at that time that it was painted 7 . Though it had been called "the White House" even before it burned down, it wasn’t 8 . Theodore Roosevelt became president, at the beginning of the last century, 9 . 10 . In the 1820’s, for instance, John Quincy Adams put in a billiard table. And about fifteen years later, Martin Van Buren purchased carpets from abroad. James Monroe graced the White House with gilded furniture from France. 11 , and that is a portrait of George Washington.