Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is the name of a big clock in London. London is the capital of England. This clock has four faces. So, no matter (無(wú)論) where you stand, you can read the time on the face of Big Ben. Each face is the size of a bus. The hands are about four meters 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 (國(guó)會(huì)大廈). 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. ‘Ding dong, ding dong.’ It goes every quarter (四分之一) of an hour. The name of Big Ben comes from a big builder.
小題1:Big Ben is ____________.
A．a(chǎn) busB．a(chǎn) clockC．the name of BenD．a(chǎn) house
小題2:Big Ben is in ____________.
A．ChinaB．the USAC．JapanD．the UK
小題3:The clock strikes (敲) every ________ minutes of an hour.
A．tenB．fifteenC．thirtyD．forty-five
小題4:You can read the time of Big Ben ____________.
A．a(chǎn)t 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
小題5:The underlined (劃線部分) word ‘hands’ means ________ in Chinese.
A．手B．標(biāo)志C．指針D．發(fā)條

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:C

試題分析：本文介紹了英國(guó)倫敦的大本鐘。它在國(guó)會(huì)大廈的塔樓的頂部，它有四個(gè)面，所以無(wú)論你站在哪兒都能看到時(shí)間。每個(gè)面就像公交車那么大，指針約四米長(zhǎng)，聲音很大，每15分鐘響一次。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文It is the name of a big clock in London. 描述，可知Big Ben 是倫敦的一個(gè)大鐘的名字，故選B。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文It is the name of a big clock in London. 描述，可知Big Ben在倫敦，而倫敦是英國(guó)的首都，所以它在英國(guó)，故選D。
小題3:推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文It goes every quarter (四分之一) of an hour. 描述，可知它一個(gè)小時(shí)響四下，也就是每十五分鐘一下，故選B。
小題4:推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文This clock has four faces. So, no matter (無(wú)論) where you stand, you can read the time on the face of Big Ben.描述，可知你可以從四個(gè)面讀到鐘上的時(shí)間，故選D。
小題5:詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)短文The hands are about four meters long. 描述，可知鐘表的指針大約四米長(zhǎng)，根據(jù)短文對(duì)鐘的描述，有鐘面，有指針，故選C。
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