If you go to England, you may want to visit Big Ben. Big Ben is not the name of a man but a name of the clock in London. It has a long history of about 150 years. It is at the north end of the Palace of Westminster（威斯敏斯特）. The big clock has four faces. So you can read the face of the chock everywhere.The hands of it are about four meters（米）long.When the new year comes, it chimes to welcome the start of the new year. There are also many fireworks over the clock tower.
The big clock makes a very loud sound “Ding dong.Ding dong”-the clock gives the sound every 15 minutes of an hour.
小題1:Ｗhat is Big Ben?
A．A manB．A towerC．A clockD．A plane
小題2:How long are the hands of Big Ben?
A．2 metersB．4 metersC．15 metersD．16 meters
小題3:Which of the following is True about Big Ben?
A．It has three faces.B．It’s in the UK.
C．It gives the sound every 30 minutesD．It is about 200 years old.
小題4:What dose the underlined word chimes mean?
A．微笑B．報時C．吶喊D．跑步
小題5:What’s the best title（標題）of the passage？
A．The clock towerB．The palace of the westminster
C．Clock handsD．Big Ben

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:B
小題5:D

試題分析：本文介紹的是英國的大本鐘，它有150多年的歷史，有四個面，指針長約四米，新年到來的時候它用報時來慶祝，聲音很大，每15分鐘響一次。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段Big Ben is not the name of a man but a name of the clock in London.大本鐘不是一個人的名字而是一個鐘的名字，可知答案為C。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段The hands of it are about four meters（米）long.鐘表的指針大約四米長，可知答案為B。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段If you go to England, you may want to visit Big Ben. 可知大本鐘在英國，故選B。
小題4:詞義猜測題。根據(jù)短文第一段When the new year comes, it chimes to welcome the start of the new year.既然它是鐘表，當然是用報時來歡迎新年的到來，故選B。
小題5:標題歸納題。全文都在敘述大本鐘的名字、地點、形狀及聲音等，故題目應(yīng)為Big Ben ，故選D。
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