The Elysee Palace in France enjoys equal popularity in the world with the Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom, the Kremlin in Russia as well as the White House in the U. S. It is the residence of the president of the French Republic and the symbol of the supreme authority in France.
The Elysee palace, with an area of 11,000 square metres, is at the eastern end of the Champs Elysee in the city of Paris proper and backed by a large and peaceful garden of more than twenty thousand square metres. Its main building, quite handsome and graceful, is a two-story classical stone architecture of European style, and beside it are two side buildings facing each other and with an extensive rectangular courtyard in the middle. There are altogether 369 halls and rooms of different sizes.
The Elysee Palace, built in 1718, has a ling history of close to300 years to date. This house was at first a private residence of a count named d’Evreau, so it was called Hotel d’Evreau. It had later gone through many changes and its owners had been changed for many times, but all the residents in it were distinguished persons and high officials. The house was renamed Bonaparte Mansion when it was owned by Louis X V and Louis X VI successively when they acted as emperors. Napoleon I signed his act of abdication here when he had suffered defeat in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Nopoleon III moved in the   Mansion in 1848 when he was elected president, and the house became a Royal Palace when he declared himself as emperor. The Third French Republic issued a decree in 1873, appointing officially the Elysee Palace as the residence president of the French Republic. Over the hundred years since then, almost all the president of the French Republic worked and lived there. Starting from 1989, the Elysee Palace is open to the public every year in September on the French Castles Day.
【小题1】The number of the buildings of the Elysee Palace is ______.

A.3B.4C.5D.6
【小题2】 Why does the writer mention the Buckingham Palace?
A.To tell us it’s very famous in the world
B.To tell us the Elysee Palace is as large as it.
C.To show that the Elysee Palace is also a symbolic building.
D.To show that it is also the living place of the president.
【小题3】What’s the purpose of the passage?
A.To tell us the long history of the Elyseee Palace.
B.To make an introduction of the Elysee Palace.
C.To show the political importance of the Elysee Palace.
D.To explain how the Elysee Palace became the residence of presidents.
【小题4】 Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A.The time when the Elyusee Palace is open to the public.
B.The reason why Napoleon I signed his act of abdication.
C.The time when the Elysee Palace became the residence of president of the French Republic.
D.The reason why there’s the French Castles Day.

Two traveling angles stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angles stay in the mansion’s guestroom. Instead the angles were given a small space in the cold basement. As they made their bed in the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angle asked why, the older angle replied, “Things aren’t always what they seem.”
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife. After sharing the little food they had the couple let the angles sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest. When the sun came up the next morning the angles found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in the field. The younger angle was infuriated and asked the older angle how he could have let this happen. “The first man had everything, yet you helped him,” he accused. “The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let the cow die”.
“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angle replied. “when we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so obsessed with greed and unwilling to share his good fortune, I sealed the wall so he wouldn’t find it.”
“Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angle of death came for his wife. I gave him the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem.”
【小题1】What's the best title of the passage?

A.Two Angles Spread Love
B.Things Aren’t Always What They Seem
C.The Rich And The Poor
D.Tales of Angles
【小题2】In paragraph 2, the underlined word “infuriated” most probably means ___________.
A.amusedB.angryC.puzzledD.disappointed
【小题3】According to the article, which of the following is TRUE?
A.In the home of the wealthy family, the older angle put some gold into a hole in the wall.
B.In the home of the poor family, the older angle killed their cow.
C.The younger angle agreed with what the older angle did at first.
D.The angle of death is in charge of humans’ death.

The Elysee Palace in France enjoys equal popularity in the world with the Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom, the Kremlin in Russia as well as the White House in the U. S. It is the residence of the president of the French Republic and the symbol of the supreme authority in France.

The Elysee palace, with an area of 11,000 square metres, is at the eastern end of the Champs Elysee in the city of Paris proper and backed by a large and peaceful garden of more than twenty thousand square metres. Its main building, quite handsome and graceful, is a two-story classical stone architecture of European style, and beside it are two side buildings facing each other and with an extensive rectangular courtyard in the middle. There are altogether 369 halls and rooms of different sizes.

The Elysee Palace, built in 1718, has a ling history of close to300 years to date. This house was at first a private residence of a count named d’Evreau, so it was called Hotel d’Evreau. It had later gone through many changes and its owners had been changed for many times, but all the residents in it were distinguished persons and high officials. The house was renamed Bonaparte Mansion when it was owned by Louis X V and Louis X VI successively when they acted as emperors. Napoleon I signed his act of abdication here when he had suffered defeat in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Nopoleon III moved in the   Mansion in 1848 when he was elected president, and the house became a Royal Palace when he declared himself as emperor. The Third French Republic issued a decree in 1873, appointing officially the Elysee Palace as the residence president of the French Republic. Over the hundred years since then, almost all the president of the French Republic worked and lived there. Starting from 1989, the Elysee Palace is open to the public every year in September on the French Castles Day.

1.The number of the buildings of the Elysee Palace is ______.

A.3

B.4

C.5

D.6

2. Why does the writer mention the Buckingham Palace?

A.To tell us it’s very famous in the world

B.To tell us the Elysee Palace is as large as it.

C.To show that the Elysee Palace is also a symbolic building.

D.To show that it is also the living place of the president.

3.What’s the purpose of the passage?

A.To tell us the long history of the Elyseee Palace.

B.To make an introduction of the Elysee Palace.

C.To show the political importance of the Elysee Palace.

D.To explain how the Elysee Palace became the residence of presidents.

4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A.The time when the Elyusee Palace is open to the public.

B.The reason why Napoleon I signed his act of abdication.

C.The time when the Elysee Palace became the residence of president of the French Republic.

D.The reason why there’s the French Castles Day.

 

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