Question

   Everyone knows that the bells can tell the time. And some special bells can be used 1     a kind of instrument. In ancient China,people often danced to its music. In many temples of China,we can find them. They are 2      You can even strick (敲击）them.

However,have you seen a bell like this one? It is 6.75 metres high,3. 3 metres in diameter(直径）and .46. 5 tons(吨）in weight. You can 3      how large it is. Yes,the bell named the Yong Le Bell,is the largest one in China. Its loud and clear 4      could be heard .50 kilometres away at night when everything was quiet.

Even now it would be very  5      to make  such  a wonderful bell. But then there was a problem ：  6      could they move it to the temple? The big bell was made in their factory. The temple was on 7      side of the city. They had to move it through the streets across the city. At that time they had no 8      to lift it or move it for such a long way.

Finally they had an idea. They dug a small 9       

from their factory to the temple. Then they poured water into it. In  10     the water in the small river froze to make an    “ice  road”. They tied thick  wood  to  the  bottom of the bell,pulled the  bell to the ice  and  skated it  along on top of the ice to the temple. Now the bell is  stored in the Great Bell Temple in the west of Beijing. (   ) 1. A.  by  B. for     C. to  D. as (   ) 2. A.  neither big nor small B. either big or small C. both big     and small D. not only     but also small (   ) 3. A.  imagine  B. see C. hear     D. know (   ) 4. A.  sound  B. name C. noise D. shout (   ) 5. A.  easy  B. difficult C. interesting     D. boring (   ) 6. A.  what  B. where     C. why  D. how (   ) 7. A.  another  B. the other C. others     D. the others (   ) 8. A.  time  B. street     C. place  D. machine (   ) 9. A.  lake  B. river     C. hole  D. hill (   ) 10. A. winter     B. summer C. autumn     D. spring

Answer 1

 l.D be used as“被当做……使用”，指有些特殊的钟可做乐器。

2. B 或大或小 ;either.. .or...“或者......或者 ”。

3. A imagine“想象”;句意是“你可以想象一下它有多么大”。

4. A sound“声音”，指击钟发出的声音。

5.B指现在造这样的钟都很困难。

6.D指怎样移动那么大的钟。

7.B怎样把钟从城市的一头移动到另一头;one... the other “—个...另一个..”

8. D当时没有可以把它吊起来的机器。 

9.B人们挖了一条小河，下文也提及。

10. A冬天结冰。