Passage2Doyouliketraveling?WhenyouvisitLondon,oneofthefirstthingsyouwillseeisBigBen,thefamousclockwhichcanbeheardallovertheworldontheBBC.IftheHousesofParliamenthadnotbeenburneddownin1834,thegreatclockwould

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　　Doyouliketraveling?WhenyouvisitLondon,oneofthefirstthingsyouwillseeisBigBen,thefamousclockwhichcanbeheardallovertheworldontheBBC.IftheHousesofParliamenthadnotbeenburneddownin1834,thegreatclockwouldneverhavebeensetup.

　　BigBentakesitsnamefromSirBenjaminHallwhomadetheclockwhenthenewHousesofParliamentwerebeingbuilt.Itisnotonlylarge,butisveryexactaswell.Peoplehavetheclockcheckedtwiceaday.

　　OntheBBC,youcanheartheclockwhenitisactuallystrikingbecausemicrophonesareconnectedtotheclocktower.BigBenhasrarelygonewrong.Once,however,itfailedtogivethecorrecttime.Apainterwhohadbeenworkingonthetowerhungapotofpaintononeofthehandsandsloweditdown.

　　6.BigBenis____.

　　A.afamousbuilderinLondonB.afamouspainterinEngland

　　C.afamoussingerintheworldD.afamousclockintheworld

　　7.TheHousesofParliamentwere_____.

　　A.burndownin1834andrebuiltthenextyear.

　　B.neverburntdownatall.

　　C.rebuiltbeforetheclockwassetup.

　　D.burntdownin1834aftertheclockwasmade.

　　8.BenjaminHallis_____.

　　A.abighallB.awould-famousclock

　　C.anengineerofthenewHouseD.thepersonwhomadetheclock

　　9.BigBenisfamousallovertheworldbecause______.

　　A.itisbigB.itisoldC.ittellsexacttimeD.bothAandC

　　10.Whichofthefollowingisnottrue?

　　A.WecanheartheclockstrikingonBBC.

　　B.ThemicrophonesofBBCareconnectedtotheclocktower.

　　C.BigBenfailedtogivethecorrecttimetwice.

　　D.BigBenwascheckedtwiceaday.