[单项选择]The seat of the U.S. government in Washington D,C. is known as the______.


A. Capital
B. White House
C. Empire State Building
D. Pentagon

[单项选择]The seat of the U.S. government in Washington D.C. is known as the ______.


A. Capital
B. White House
C. Empire State Building
D. Pentagon

[单项选择]Why is Washington, D.C. the most important American city


A. It is the capital of the United States.
B. It is the largest in population.
C. It is the must beautiful city.

[单项选择]Located in Washington, D.C., the Library of Congress contains an imposing array of books on every conceivable subject.（　）
A. history
B. catalog
C. shelf
D. collection

[单项选择]Located in Washington, D. C. , the Library of Congress contains an imposing array of books on every conceivable subject.


A. history
B. catalog
C. shelf
D. collection

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WASHINGTON, D. C. -- The threat of ballistic missiles from countries such as Iran and North Korea could materialize with little warning, a Congressional panel of defense experts reported today. That conclusion differs from earlier assessments by the U. S. intelligence community and the Clinton Administration, which have concluded that a new threat to U. S. territory is at least a decade off.
The panel -- called the Commission to Assess The Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States -- was set up by the National Defense Authorization Act of 1997 and first met in January 1998. Its nine policymakers; technologists, and senior military officials had "unprecedented access to the most sensitive and highly classified information," said panel chairperson Donald Rumsfeld, a former secretary of defense, at a press conference here. The panel found that liberalized exportcontrols, increased international exchanges of students and scientific personne
A. arranged in classes
B. officially secret
C. traditional
D. public

[单项选择]Located in Washington D. C. the library of Congress contains an______ array of books on every conceivable subject.
A. extensive
B. impressive
C. obvious
D. insignificant

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In Washington D. C., 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is a very special address. It is the address of the White House, the home of the president of the United States.
Originally the White House was gray and was called the presidential Palace. It was built from 1792 to 1800. At this time, the city of Washington itself was being built. It was to be the nation’ s new capital city. George Washington, the first president, and Pierre Charles L’ Enfant, a French engineer, chose the place for the new city, L’ Enfant then planned the city. The president’ s home was an important part of the plan.
A contest was held to pick a design for the president’ s home. An architect named James Hogan won. He designed a large three-story house of gray stone.
President Washington never lived in the Presidential Palace. The first president to live there was John Adams, the second president of the United States, and his wife Mrs. Adams did not really l
A. because John Adams' wife did not like it
B. because it was cold in winter even with ,50 fireplaces
C. because it had burned down during the war
D. because George Washington was not willing to live in it