[单项选择]The Big Ben (英国大本钟) is located in the tower in London. It is very famous (41) the world, but nobody really knows why it is (42) Big Ben. There are two stories (43) this. Some people say that it was named (44) Benjamin Caunt, a boxer. People called (45) Big Ben. But more people believe it was called after Welshman, Sir Benjamin Hall. He was in (46) of this work in 1859. A story was told that during a (47) in a meeting on what (48) the bell, Sir Benjamin was going to give his ideas when an officer behind him shouted (49) , "Let’s call it Big Ben!" From (50) on it was named Big Ben.


A. say
B. call
C. called

[单项选择]The Big Ben (英国大本钟) is located in the tower in London. It is very famous (41) the world, but nobody really knows why it is (42) Big Ben. There are two stories (43) this. Some people say that it was named (44) Benjamin Caunt, a boxer. People called (45) Big Ben. But more people believe it was called after Welshman, Sir Benjamin Hall. He was in (46) of this work in 1859. A story was told that during a (47) in a meeting on what (48) the bell, Sir Benjamin was going to give his ideas when an officer behind him shouted (49) , "Let’s call it Big Ben!" From (50) on it was named Big Ben.


A. throughout
B. over
C. at

[单项选择]Big Ben is in
A. London.
B. New York.
C. Washington.
D. Liverpool.

[填空题]People all over the world write to Big Ben.
They even send birthday’s presents, One 81 ______
present was a bottle of oil—to help keeping 82 ______
Big Ben running. Big Ben is a clock in London.
Big Ben is the great clock highly up in 83 ______
a tower, the building in London where laws are
made there. People like to see Big Ben’s 84 ______
friendly face(The clock has four). They like 85 ______
to hear the chimes(钟声)each 15 minutes. They 86 ______
like to hear the big bell beating the hour. 87 ______
"BONG BONG BONG".
Radio sends the noise of the big clock to 88 ______
the rest of the world. The BBC begins to sent 89 ______
chimes in 1923. Ever since, Big Ben had been a 90 ______
radio star.