By "rhetoric excesses" （Paragraph 1) the author means ______.

-green tree" (the last paragraph). This special comparison is known as

心理).

Every American President lived in the White House

except for George Washington, although he did have a S1.______

majority part in designing the White House. S2.______

The government held a competition to choose the best S3.______

design for it. The winner was a young man of South Carolina,

James Hoban. His design was a three-level house of

stone. And President Washington made some changes in

the winning design. He made the house long and wider, S4.______

and changed it into a two storied house instead of three.

The second President, John Adams, was first to live S5.______

in the White House. When he and his wife moved onto the S6.______

new house in 1800, work was still going on, although the

main live area was completed. The whole work did not finish S7.______

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 and the White

House was so dangerous to live in. Later on workers rebuilt S8.______

the inside of it. More offices were added, most of

which underground. None of the work, however, changed S9.______

the appearing of the building. Many people asked why the S10.______

President's house is called the White House. Historians say

because it was painted white.

【S1】

lems in Urban Areas. You should write at least 150 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:

1．交通问题成为城市的一大难题

2．交通问题的负面影响

3．提出自己的看法

The Traffic Problems in Urban Areas

____.

_.