綜合類考試：完形填空練習題got up early

　　We got up early this morning and ____1____ a long walk after breakfast. We walked through the business section of the city. I told you yesterday that the city was larger ____2____ I thought it would be. ____3___ the business section is smaller than I thought it would be. I suppose that’s ____4____ Washington is a special kind of city. _____5_____ the people in Washington work for the government. About 9：30 we went to the White House. It’s ____6_____ to the public from 10 till 12， and there was a long line of people waiting to get in. We didn’t have to wait very long， because the line moved ____7_____ quickly.

　　The White House is really white. It is painted very year. And it seems very white， because it’s got beautiful lawns all around it， _____8______ many trees and shrubs. The grounds _____9____ about four square blocks. I mean， they’re about two blocks long ____10_____ each side. Of course， we didn’t see the whole building. The part ____11____ the President lives and works is not open to the public. But the part we saw was beautiful. We went through five of the main rooms. One of them was the library， one the ground floor. On the next floor， there are three rooms named _____12_____ the colors that are used in them： the Red Room， the Blue Room， and the Green Room. The walls are covered with silk ____13____。 There are ___14___ old furniture， from the time _____15____ the White House was first built. And everywhere there are paintings and statues of former presidents and other famous people from history.

　　1. A) made B) did C) took D) got

　　2. A) than B) as C) so D) like

　　3. A) But B) Yes C) So D) Then

　　4. A) since B) as C) because D) because of

　　5. A) Much of B) Most of C) A lot D) Lots

　　6. A) open B) opening C) being opened D) opened

　　7. A) pretty B) little C) much D) very much

　　8. A) / B) having C) with D) together

　　9. A) include B) cost C) cover D) spread

　　10. A) by B) on C) for D) with

　　11. A) which B) what C) that D) where

　　12. A) by B) for C) after D) before

　　13. A) cloth B) clothes C) clothing D) cloths

　　14. A) much pieces of B) many pieces of C) many a D) a great many

　　15. A) that B) which C) who D) when