题型：语法填空（语篇） 题类：真题 难易度：困难
2021年高考英语真题试卷（6月浙江卷）（含听力音频）
It doesn't impress like George Washington's plantation on the Potomac, but Lincoln's home in downtown Springfield, Illinois, （prove）irresistible to visitors since it opened to the public. Beautifully restored（修复）to its 1860 appearance, the house was Abraham and Mary Lincoln's home for 17 years. In 1844 they bought it $1,200 and some land from Charles Dresser, who performed their （marry）ceremony in 1842.
When the house was built, it was much （small）than it is today. Mary's niece wrote, "The little home （paint）white. It was sweet and fresh. Mary loved it. She was extremely pretty, and her house was a reflection of （she）, everything in good taste and in perfect order.
Although Mary loved flowers, she nor her husband was known as a gardener. A long- time neighbor said they never planted trees and only kept a garden for one year. Mary's sister, Frances Todd Wallace, often came over （plant）flowers in the front yard.
Lincolns enlarged the house to a full two stories in 1856 to meet the needs of their growing family. Three of the four Lincoln sons were born here. After Lincoln was elected President of the US in 1861, they rented the house and （sell）most of their furniture.
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