Big Ben of London

  Big Ben's story starts in 1834. In that year the old Parliament building burned down. Its clock tower (塔) crashed (倒下) to the ground. There had to be a new building-and a new clock.

  Plans were made. They called for a “king of clocks, the biggest and best in the world. ” So the clock had to be big. And it had to keep very good time.

  Some people said, “No one can make such a clock. ”They were wrong. The big clock was made in two years. But it couldn't be put in the tower. The tower wasn't even built!

  Five more years went by before the clock tower was finished. Then the four bells for the chimes (钟声) were brought into the tower. And at last the giant (巨大) hour bell (铃) was put in place. It rang out for the first time on July 11, 1859.

  This great bell had to have a name. A meeting of Parliament was called to pick one. “The clock is the king of clocks. ” one man said, “Let's call the bell the queen of Bells. ”

  “Then why not Victoria?” said another. (Victoria was the British queen at that time. )

  The talk about names went on and on. Then Benjamin Hall got up to speak. He was a big man that the others liked. By this time they were all tired. Someone shouted, “Why not call it Big Ben and be done with it?”

  Everybody laughed, and the meeting broke up. But Big Ben it was from then on. Not just the bell, but the whole clock.

1.The old clock tower crashed to the ground because of ________ in 1834.

[  ]

A.the First World War
B.the strong wind
C.the Second World War
D.the big fire

2.The new clock should be ________ .

[  ]

A.the biggest
B.the best
C.keeping the good time
D.all above

3.It took ________ years to make the big clock.

[  ]

A.two
B.three
C.one
D.more than five

4.On ________ Big Ben rang out for the first time.

[  ]

A.June 11, 1859
B.July 11, 1859
C.July 11, 1850
D.June 11, 1857

5.The name of Big Ben comes from ________ .

[  ]

A.a famous builder
B.a businessman
C.Benjamin Hall
D.a dictionary

There was a famous church in London. It was 110 meters high. The center of the church was like a bell. The ceiling of the church was painted by a famous artist. A platform (平台)was built so that the artist could put up the ladder on it and paint the ceiling. The platform was about 70 meters over the ground.
One day the artist was working hard and had nearly finished one popular corner of the ceiling. Also on the platform was his assistant, who was mixing paints. The artist stepped back so that he could see how his work was progressing. To have a better look at his painting, he stepped back again. Suddenly, his assistant shouted, picked up a small bowl of paint and started to paint the artist’s work on the top. The artist was very angry and rushed forwards to stop him.
“What do you think you are doing?” he shouted angrily. “Are you mad?” His assistant replied, “I saw you walking backwards to have a better look at your painting. But you didn’t notice that you had reached the very edge of the platform. You were in great danger. I wanted to make you move forwards. If I had not made you run forwards, you would have fallen backwards off the edge of the platform.
【小题1】The story happened in ______.

A.AmericaB.FranceC.GermanD.England
【小题2】Why did the artist step back again?
A.To see how his work was progressing.B.To have a better look at his painting.
C.To paint a bow in his painting.D.To pour some paint on his painting.
【小题3】What did the assistant do to stop the artist falling off the platform?
A.He painted a famous painting himself.B.He ran forwards to stop him.
C.He shouted to the artist and painted his painting.D.He stopped mixing the paints.
【小题4】Which picture shows the same situation as the underlined sentence in Paragraph2?
Note: a: artist b: assistant c: painting ←: the direction of the movement.

【小题5】After reading the passage, what do you think the artist would probably do?
A.He would be angry with what the assistant had done.
B.He would punish the assistant for having destroyed his painting.
C.He would be thankful to be the assistant for having saved his life.
D.He wouldn’t allow the assistant to work with him any more.

There was a famous church in London. It was 110 meters high. The center of the church was like a bell. The ceiling of the church was painted by a famous artist. A platform (平台)was built so that the artist could put up the ladder on it and paint the ceiling. The platform was about 70 meters over the ground.

One day the artist was working hard and had nearly finished one popular corner of the ceiling. Also on the platform was his assistant, who was mixing paints. The artist stepped back so that he could see how his work was progressing. To have a better look at his painting, he stepped back again. Suddenly, his assistant shouted, picked up a small bowl of paint and started to paint the artist’s work on the top. The artist was very angry and rushed forwards to stop him.

“What do you think you are doing?” he shouted angrily. “Are you mad?” His assistant replied, “I saw you walking backwards to have a better look at your painting. But you didn’t notice that you had reached the very edge of the platform. You were in great danger. I wanted to make you move forwards. If I had not made you run forwards, you would have fallen backwards off the edge of the platform.

1.The story happened in ______.

A.America          B.France            C.German           D.England

2.Why did the artist step back again?

A.To see how his work was progressing.        B.To have a better look at his painting.

C.To paint a bow in his painting.              D.To pour some paint on his painting.

3.What did the assistant do to stop the artist falling off the platform?

A.He painted a famous painting himself.        B.He ran forwards to stop him.

C.He shouted to the artist and painted his painting.    D.He stopped mixing the paints.

4.Which picture shows the same situation as the underlined sentence in Paragraph2?

Note: a: artist b: assistant c: painting ←: the direction of the movement.

5.After reading the passage, what do you think the artist would probably do?

A.He would be angry with what the assistant had done.

B.He would punish the assistant for having destroyed his painting.

C.He would be thankful to be the assistant for having saved his life.

D.He wouldn’t allow the assistant to work with him any more.

 

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