期末复习阅读理解专题练习（试题）外研版三起英语六年级下册

外研三起小学英语六年级下册期末复习 阅读理解专题练习(十五)附答案解析 （已排版可直接打印） Do you know what the White House is? Perhaps some of you do, while others don’t. The White House is a house in Washington D．C．The president of the USA works in it. It is really white. But do you know why the White House is white? The story happened in 1812. That year England was at war (与……交战) with America, the British army (军队) got to Washington and set the president’s house on fire. In 1814, in order to hide the marks of the fire, the stone walls of the president’s house were painted white and it has been the “White House” ever since. 1．The White House is ______. (    ) A．a house for the president of the USA B．a house for American people C．a house for American soldiers D．one of the American museums 2．In ______ American people painted the president’s house white. (    ) A．1810 B．1812 C．1814 D．1816 3．The house is called “White House” because ______. (    ) A．the house is very clean B．the stone walls of the house are white C．the American people like white colour D．it is covered with snow 4．In the passage “set...on fire” means “______” in Chinese. (    ) A．放火烧 B．解雇 C．开火 D．把……放在火上 5．The Chinese for “the White House” is “______”. (    ) A．白房 B．白殿 C．怀特•豪斯 D．白宫 My friend, Jack works hard in a factory during the weekdays. At the weekends he always does different things. On Saturdays he goes fishing and on Sundays he goes to a village with his family by car. His uncle and aunt have a farm there. It isn’t a big one, but there’s always much to do on the farm. The children help them with the animals and give them their food. Jack and his wife help them in the fields. At the end of the day, they are all tired and Jack’s aunt give them a big meal. 6．Jack works hard in a factory on weekdays. ( ) 7．I usually does different things on the weekend. ( ) 8．Jack’s uncle and aunt live in the village. ( ) 9．Jack goes fishing and to a village with his family. ( ) 10．Jack’s aunt’s farm is big. ( ) My aunt works in a z