Every American President lived in the White House excep

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Every American President lived in the White House except for George S1.______
Washington, although he did have a majority part in designing the White S2.______
House. The government held a competition to choose the best design for it.
The winner was a young man of South Carolina, James Hoban. His design S3.______
was a three-level house of stone. And President Washington made some
changes in the winning design. He made the house long and wider, and S4.______
changed it into a two-storied house instead of three.
The second President, John Adams, was first to live in the White S5.______
House. When he and his wife moved onto the new house in 1800, work was S6.______
still going on, although the main live area was completed. The whole work S7.______
did not finish until the administration of the 3rd President, Thomas Jefferson.
Twelve years later, the British army invaded Washington and burned
the White House. The fire completely destroyed the inside of the building

A.______
Washington,
B.______
House.
C.
The
D.______
was
E.______
changed
F.
G.______
House.
H.______
still
I.______
did
J.
K.______
the
L.______
of
M.______
asked
N.
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【参考答案】

去掉for
去掉for 解析：用词不当。在句子中说明前后两个相等成份的关系时用except，否则用except ......

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