英文學測

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One of these stories ___32___ the cookie’s origin back to 13th and 14th-century China， which was then occupied by the Mongols.
(A) account
(B) appeared
(C) competing
(D) contained
(E) replaced
(F) secret
(G) successful
(H) tastes
(I) traces
(J) treats

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According to the legend， notes of ___33___ plans for a revolution to overthrow the Mongols were hidden in mooncakes that would ordinarily have been stuffed with sweet bean paste.
(A) account
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(C) competing
(D) contained
(E) replaced
(F) secret
(G) successful
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The revolution turned out to be ___34___ and eventually led to the formation of the Ming Dynasty.
(A) account
(B) appeared
(C) competing
(D) contained
(E) replaced
(F) secret
(G) successful
(H) tastes
(I) traces
(J) treats

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This story may sound highly credible， but there seems to be no solid evidence that it inspired the creation of the ___35___ we know of today as fortune cookies.
(A) account
(B) appeared
(C) competing
(D) contained
(E) replaced
(F) secret
(G) successful
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(J) treats

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Another ___36___ claims that David Jung， a Chinese immigrant living in Los Angeles， created the fortune cookie in 1918.
(A) account
(B) appeared
(C) competing
(D) contained
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(F) secret
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Concerned about the poor people he saw wandering near his shop， he made cookies and passed them out free on the streets. Each cookie ___37___ a strip of paper inside with an inspirational Bible quotation on it.
(A) account
(B) appeared
(C) competing
(D) contained
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However， the more generally accepted story is that the fortune cookie first ___38___ in either 1907 or 1914 in San Francisco， created by a Japanese immigrant， Makoto Hagiwara.
(A) account
(B) appeared
(C) competing
(D) contained
(E) replaced
(F) secret
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The fortune cookie was based on a Japanese snack， but Hagiwara sweetened the recipe to appeal to American ___39___ .
(A) account
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(E) replaced
(F) secret
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Within a few years， Chinese restaurant owners in San Francisco had copied the recipe and ___40___ the thank-you notes with fortune notes.
(A) account
(B) appeared
(C) competing
(D) contained
(E) replaced
(F) secret
(G) successful
(H) tastes
(I) traces
(J) treats

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For more than two hundred years， the White House has stood as a symbol of the United States Presidency， the U.S. government， and the American people. In 1790， President George Washington declared that the federal government would reside in a district “not exceeding ten miles square … on the river Potomac.”” As preparations began， a competition was held to find a builder of the “”President’s House.”” Nine proposals were submitted， and the Irish-born architect James Hoban won the gold medal for his practical and handsome design. Construction began when the first cornerstone was laid in October of 1792. Although President Washington oversaw the construction of the house， he never lived in it. It was not until 1800， when the White House was nearly completed， that its first residents， President John Adams and his wife Abigail， moved in.
American presidents can express their individual style in how they decorate the house and in how they receive the public. Thomas Jefferson held the first inaugural open house in 1805; many of those who attended the swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol simply followed him home. President Jefferson also opened the house for public tours， and it has remained open， except during wartime， ever since. In addition， Jefferson welcomed visitors to annual receptions on New Year’s Day and on the Fourth of July. Abraham Lincoln did the same， but then the inaugural crowds became far too large for the White House to accommodate comfortably， and this also created a security issue. It was not until Grover Cleveland’s first presidency that some effective crowd control measures were implemented to address the problem caused by this practice.
At various times in history， the White House has been known as the “”President’s Palace，”” the “”President’s House，”” and the “”Executive Mansion.”” President Theodore Roosevelt officially gave the White House its current name in 1901.
41. What is this passage mainly about?
(A) The design of the White House.
(B) The location of the White House.
(C) The importance of the White House.
(D) The history of the White House.”