The Pentagon is a building in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. It has the offices of the U.S. Department of Defense. The Department of Defense includes the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard.
The word pentagon comes from the Greek penta, which means "five." A pentagon is a figure with five sides. The Pentagon has five rings. The rings are inside each other. Each ring has five sides. How tall do you think the Pentagon is? The answer is easy. Each ring is five stories tall.
The Pentagon is the largest office building in the world. It has seventeen miles of halls. People can get lost in the Pentagon. So the walls on each floor are a different color (brown, green, red, gray, and blue). This helps people to know where they are. There are also many maps in the halls!
The Pentagon is so big that it is like a city. Almost 30,000 people work there. The Pentagon has its own doctors, dentists, and nurses. It has its own banks and stores. It has a post office, a fire department, and a police department. It also has an important center for communications. This center guards the country. It is hundreds of feet under the ground. The Pentagon even has its own radio and TV stations.
a. In Virginia
b. In Florida
c. In New York
2. Where did the word “pentagon” come from?
a. From Greek
b. From Spanish
c. From French
3. What does “penta” mean?
a. Five
b. Huge
c. Powerful
4. What can help people not to get lost in the Pentagon?
a. Compass
b. Multicolor walls
c. Guides
5. What thing can we compare the Pentagon with?
a. With a street
b. With a village
c. With a city
6. How many people work in Pentagon?
a. Around 30000 people
b. Much more than 30000 people
c. 20000 people
7. What is the synonym for the word ‘Defense’ (paragraph 1)?
a. Health
b. Education
c. Protection
d. Finance
