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The funds that maintain the White House’s ‘museum quality’
Level: 
Intermediate
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Comprehension check
a. Find the following information in the article and write it in your notebook.
1. the names of two trusts that receive funds from the WHHA
2. how much money the WHHA received from donors in 2020
3. other ways that the WHHA gets money
4. the amount of money given by one of these trusts to upgrade the State Dining Room
b. Are these statements true (T) or false (F) according to the article? Correct any that are false.
1. Jackie Kennedy went to the White House in the 1960s for the first time. 
T / F
2. She set up a trust together with Barbara Bush to maintain the museum quality of the
T / F 
White House. 
3. The wife of each US president usually takes on some preservation and redecoration 
T / F 
projects in the White House.
4. The curator and Committee for the Preservation of the White House have to agree before 
T / F 
changes can be made to the White House rooms.
5. Changes and additions made to the grounds and gardens of the White House are 
T / F 
paid for by the WHHA.
6. Melania Trump built a new sports area with a basketball court while her husband 
T / F 
was president.
Using key language 
a. Match the beginnings and endings of these phrases. Then find and underline them in the article.
1. worthy
a. life
2. all walks of
b. place 
3. play an active
c. cost 
4. pick up the
d. of 
5. put in
e. role 
b. Match the phrases from activity a with the meanings below. 
a. do something yourself and take responsibility for it
b. create rules, policies or procedures for people to follow 
c. pay for 
d. good enough for a specific purpose 
e. used to describe a situation with people with different jobs and different positions in society