题目内容
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 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 each other. If you go to London, you may want to visit the Houses of Parliament(国会). 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 of an hour. The name of Big Ben comes from a big builder.
1 Big Ben is _____.
A. a bus B. a clock C. the name of Ben D. a house
2 Big Ben is in _______.
A. China B. the UK C. Japan D. the USA
3 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 four faces of the clock D. on the hands of the huge clock
4 The clock strikes (敲;打) every _______ minutes of an hour.
A. ten B. fifteen C. thirty D. forty-five
1B 2B 3C 4D
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What does traveling mean? Visit, enjoy and discover.
Every year hundreds and thousands of people come to the UK. And London, the capital city, is usually their first stop. What can they see? What can they experience!
Getting around in London is not difficult. There is the underground train, the oldest in the world, or the traditional double-decker bus. A boat trip along the River Thames takes you to the Tower of London.
Going around the city center on foot is easy. The maps in the streets will show you what is around you in five-minute walk. You can get a great view of the city from 135 meters up on a huge wheel, the London Eye. Look across the river and you will see the Houses of Parliament and the famous clock tower, Big Ben.
There are over 240 museums in the capital, but the two most popular are in South Kensington and cost nothing to get into. In the Natural History Museum, the key word is Big. Next to it is the Science Museum. It has those great British inventions, the history of flight and exploration (探索) of space.
【小题1】For many tourists, London is their ______ stop when they are traveling in the UK.
| A.first | B.second | C.third | D.lost |
| A.Big Ben is across the river | B.the maps in the streets will help you |
| C.it take only five minutes | D.you can gets great view of the city |
| A.Big Ben | B.the Tower of London |
| C.London Eye | D.the Science Museum |