For the most effective preparation for the TOEFL test, additional practice can be incorpo-rated throughout a course with the Longman Complete Course for the TOEFL Test as its main text. | 394 READING PASSAGE THREE Questions 12-17 When the president of the United States wants to get away from the hectic pace in Washington . Camp David is the place to go. Camp David in a wooded mountain area about 70 miles from Washington . is where the president goes to find solitude. It consists of living Line space for the president the first family and the presidential staff as well as sporting and 5 recreational facilities. Camp David was established by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1942. He found the site particularly appealing in that its mountain air provided relief from the summer heat of Washington and its remote location offered a more relaxing environment than could be achieved in the capital city. 10 When Roosevelt first established the retreat he called it Shangri-La which evoked the blissful mountain kingdom in James Hilton s novel Lost Horizon. Later President Dwight David Eisenhower renamed the location Camp David after his grandson David Eisenhower. Camp David has been used for a number of significant meetings. In 1943 during World War II President Roosevelt met there with Great Britain s Prime Minister Winston Churchill. In 1959 15 at the height of the Cold War President Eisenhower met there with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in 1978 President Jimmy Carter sponsored peace talks between Israel s Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egypt s President Anwar el-Sadat at the retreat at Camp David. 12. Which of the following is NOT discussed about Camp David A Its location B Its cost C Its facilities D Its uses 13. Look at the word It in paragraph 1. Click on the word or phrase that It refers to. 14. According to the passage who founded Camp David A George Washington B The first family C Franklin Delano Roosevelt D Dwight David Eisenhower 15. The pronoun he in line 10 refers to A Camp David B Roosevelt C James Hilton D President Dwight David Eisenhower 16. Which of the following is NOT true about President Eisenhower A He had a grandson .
