Question

【題目】閱讀下面的短文，根據(jù)短文內容及首字母提示，在短文空白處填上一個適當?shù)脑~，使短文完整、通順，語法正確。

Big Ben lies in the tower in London. It is very famous around the world, but few people really know why it was built and c【1】Big Ben .

Long ago, the queen of England knew that many clocks had different times. People were

e【2】early or late. she had it built so that people would have the s【3】 time.

How did Big Ben get its name? Some people say that it was named after Benjamin Caunt, a boxer. People called him Big Ben. But more people believe it was named after Sir Benjamin Hall. He was in c【4】 of this work in 1859. A story was told that during the discussion about what the bell should be called, Sir Benjamin was going to give his ideas when an officer behind him shouted suddenly, "Let' s call it Big Ben! " From t【5】on, it was named Big Ben .

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】called

【2】either

【3】same

【4】charge

【5】then

【解析】本文介紹了英國大本鐘建造的原因以及被稱為大本鐘的原因。

【1】called

句意：它在世界上非常出名，但是很少有人真正知道它為什么被建造，為什么被稱為大本鐘。根據(jù)People called him Big Ben.可知它被稱為大本鐘，be called被稱為，故為called。

【2】either

句意：人們或者早或者晚。either…or…“或者……或者……”，故為either。

【3】same

句意：她讓人建造了它，以便于人們將有相同的時間。根據(jù)Long ago, the queen of England knew that many clocks had different times. 可知因為英國許多鐘表時間不一樣，因此英國女王讓人建造了大本鐘是為了讓鐘表的時間一樣，the same相同的，故為same。

【4】charge

句意：在1859年他負責這個工作。根據(jù)But more people believe it was named after Sir Benjamin Hall.可知人們想要以本杰明霍爾爵士來命名，因此可知他負責建造大本鐘， in charge of負責，故為charge。

【5】then

句意：從那時起，它被命名為大本鐘。from then on從那時起，故為then。