The tallest building in American

The tallest building in American's capital city is the Washington Monument（纪念碑）.It is_____（21）for George Washington, the first president of the United States. He_____（22）the American colonies（殖民地）in the War of Independence（独立）against England from 1775 to 1783. As president, he_____（23）the new United States of america through its first difficult_____（24）.
The monument is one of the most popular_____（25）in the world. Lights shine on it at night. It can usually be_____（26）from far away.
George Washington was born in 1732. He_____（27）school for only about seven or eight years. At age 20 he_____（28）an officer in the colonial army. _____（29）, as time passed, he became angry with the way England_____（30）the American colonies. The war against Britain_____（31）in 1775. The Americans named George Washington chief of the revolutionary armies.
Many of his soldiers were not trained, and they were_____（32）equipped（装备）. During one winter of the Revolutionary War, his soldiers_____（33）froze to death. But General Washington led them to_____（34）. The last group of British soldiers left the colonies in 1783. In 1789, he was_____（35）as the first president of the United States.
30._____
A、ruled
B、destroyed
C、defeated
D、attacked
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：词义辨析题。本句讲他对英国统治美国殖民地的方式感到愤怒。ruled统治；destroyed毁灭；defeated击败；attacked攻击。故本题选A。