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Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (在短文的空格处填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)
Do you know what the White House is? Perhaps some of you do, while others d. The White House is the place in which the President of the U.S.A l. It is in Washington D. C.
It is rwhite. But do you know wthe White House is white? The story goes back to 1812. That year England was at war with America. The British captured(占领) the city and some of the b, including(包括) the Presidents' house, were set ofire. In 1841, in order to hide(隐藏) the marks of the fire, the brown stone walls of the President's home were painted white and it has been the "White House" ever since.
