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 metres 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．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 USA
C．
Japan
D．
the UK
(3)
The clock strikes(敲) every ________of an hour．
[ ]
A．
ten minutes
B．
fifteen minutes
C．
thirty minutes
D．
forty-five minutes
(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(画线部分) word“hands”means“________”in Chinese．
[ ]
A．
手
B．
标志
C．
指针
D．
发条
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Christmas will come soon．The radio stations(广播电台) are playing Christmas music,and the stores 1 very busy．People are doing their Christmas shopping．Many families have got Christmas trees 2 their homes already．
At this time of the year people make or 3 presents(礼物) for their families．Lisa is going to buy a new book for her elder sister．Her elder sister likes 4 ．
Her families usually get together 5 Christmas Day．Her elder sister lives in another city far away, 6 she always come by plane． 7 is going to arrive on Christmas Eve．Then Lisa is going to put a 8 in the living room,and put the presents under the tree．They don't open them until Christmas 9 ．
They are very 10 to receive(收到) presents．
(1)
[ ]
A．
be
B．
are
C．
is
D．
have
(2)
[ ]
A．
to
B．
in
C．
from
D．
on
(3)
[ ]
A．
bring
B．
play
C．
take
D．
buy
(4)
[ ]
A．
swimming
B．
shopping
C．
reading
D．
have
(5)
[ ]
A．
on
B．
in
C．
at
D．
of
(6)
[ ]
A．
so
B．
then
C．
but
D．
and
(7)
[ ]
A．
He
B．
It
C．
They
D．
She
(8)
[ ]
A．
book
B．
Christmas tree
C．
chair
D．
desk
(9)
[ ]
A．
evening
B．
afternoon
C．
morning
D．
night
(10)
[ ]
A．
busy
B．
happy
C．
sad
D．
kind
补全对话
根据上下文把下面的对话补充完整。
A：What are you going to do on vacation?
B：I'm going to Shenzhen to see my parents． 1 ?
A：I'd like to go on a trip．
B：That sounds great! 2 ?
A：London．
B：Really?You're a lucky guy． 3 ?
A：I'll go with my parents．
B： 4 ?
A：For three weeks．We'll get back in late August．
B：Well, 5 !Send me a postcard from London．
A：Sure．
1．________
2．________
3．________
4．________
5．________
句型转换
I think we will meet outside the school gate．(改为否定句)
I ________ ________ we ________ meet outside the school gate．
句型转换
The south coast is long．The east coast is longer．(合成一句)
The east coast is ________ ________ the south coast．
