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【题目】(C)阅读理解 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 (无论) 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 (国会大厦). 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.
（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 USA
C.Japan
D. the UK
（3）The clock strikes (敲) every ________ minutes of an hour.
A.ten
B.fifteen
C.thirty
D.forty-five
（4）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
（5）The underlined (划线部分) word 'hands' means ________ in Chinese.
A.手
B.标志
C.指针
D.发条

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）B
（2）D
（3）B
（4）D
（5）C
【解析】本文介绍了英国伦敦的大本钟。它在国会大厦的塔楼的顶部，它有四个面，所以无论你站在哪儿都能看到时间。每个面就像公交车那么大，指针约四米长，声音很大，每15分钟响一次。
（1）细节理解题：由文章的第一句和第二句Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is the name of a big clock in London.可知Big Ben为一个大钟。所以答案是B。
（2）.细节理解题：由文章第二句It is the name of a big clock in London.可知Big Ben在英国伦敦，所以答案是D。
（3） 细节理解题：由The big clock makes such a loud noise. 'Ding dong, ding dong.' It goes every quarter (四分之一) of an hour可以看出，Big Ben每隔15分钟敲一回。因为一小时的四分之一是15分钟，所以答案是B。
（4）细节理解题：由This clock has four faces. So, no matter (无论) where you stand, you can read the time on the face of Big Ben可以看出人们是从这个钟的四个面看到时间的，所以答案是D。
（5）.词义猜测题：由Each face is the size of a bus. The hands are about four meters long.，可以看出文中把Big Ben的表面写成了face，按此推测，它的“手”应该是这个钟的指针。所以答案是C。