Task 4
Questions 25-32
Read the text about the White House.
For questions 25-32, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) that best fits each space.
Mark your answer on the answer sheet.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is probably the most famous address in the United States. It has been the home of the American president and his family (0) D 1800. Most people call it the White House.
The White House is located on a site near the National Mall, a park in downtown Washington DC situated between the Lincoln Memorial and the US Capitol. The site was (25) ______ in 1790 by America's first president, George Washington, who put in a considerable effort in the construction of the new presidential residence.
(26) ______ , he was the only President not to live in it as he died before the building was finished.
In 1800, the construction was (27) ______ completed and President John Adams and his wife moved in.
After being torched by British troops during the War of 1812, it was rebuilt according to the (28) ______ plans.
The White House has been modified many times throughout the past two hundred years. The most important (29) ______ was the construction of the East Wing and the West Wing, which (30) ______ the famous "Oval Office", the president's main office, where many important political decisions in US history have been made.
The building wasn't called the White House (31) ______ the beginning but was known as the "President's Palace" or "President's House". President Theodore Roosevelt gave it (32) ______ present name in 1901. Today, the White House is a household name all around the world.