Question

                            (B)

 Big Ben is not a name of a man. It is the name of a big clock in London. London is the capital of the UK. This clock has four faces. So no matter where you stand? you can read the time on the faces of Big Ben. Each face is the size of a bus. The hands are about four metres long. It is about the size of two people standing on top of each other. If you go to London,you may want to visit the Houses of Parliament. In that place you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower in the Houses of Parliament. You will probably hear it and see it. The big clock makes such a loud noise ,“Dingdong,dingdong. ” It goes every quarter (—刻鐘) of an hour. The name of Big Ben comes from a big builder.

() 6. Big Ben is .

   A. a bus   B. a clock

   C. the name of Ben   D. a house

() 7. Big Ben is in .

   A. China   B. the USA

   C. Japan   D. the UK

() 8. The clock strikes (敲;打) every minutes of an hour.

   A. ten         B. fifteen

    C. thirty       D. fortyfive

() 9. You can read the time of Big Ben .

   A. at the top of the clock tower

   B. in the Houses of Parliament 

    C. on the hands of the huge clock   

    D. on the four faces of the clock

() 10. The underlined (畫線的) word “hands” means “ ” in Chinese.

   A. 手         B. 標(biāo)志

    C.指針        D. 發(fā)條

Answer 1

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