Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock in London. The name was given in honor of Sir Benjamin Hall, who was in charge of the work when the bell was built in 1856.

The clock has become a landmark of the United Kingdom and London, particularly in the visual media. When a television or film-maker wishes to quickly show a non-UK audience a certain location in Britain, a popular way to do so is to show an image of the Clock Tower.

The Clock Tower is a focus of New Year celebrations in the United Kingdom, with radio and TV stations turning to its chimes（報(bào)時(shí)鐘聲） to welcome the start of the year.

Londoners who live a proper distance from the Clock Tower and Big Ben can, by means of listening to the chimes both live and on the radio or television, hear the bell strike thirteen times on New Year’s Eve. This is possible because the speed of sound is a lot slower than the speed of radio waves.

Big Ben has appeared in many films. In the 1978 version of The Thirty-Nine Steps, the hero attempted to halt the clock’s progress to prevent a linked bomb blowing up by hanging from the minute hand of its western face. It was also used in the filming of Shanghai Knights starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, and was described as being partially destroyed in the film Doctor Who. An animated version（卡通版） of the clock was also used as the setting in the Walt Disney film The Great Mouse Detective, and was shown being destroyed by a UFO in the film Mars Attacks! 

66. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The nickname of the clock was given by Benjamin.

B. The clock strikes thirteen times to welcome the New Year.

C. The radio and TV make a mistake about the clock’s chimes.

D. Benjamin was responsible for the work when the bell was built.

67. The second paragraph mainly wants to show us that Big Ben is_______ .

A. a symbol of the UK and London

B. a most popular scene for film-makers

C. a must-see sight for tourists to London

D. a popular place to have pictures taken

68. The underlined word“halt” in Paragraph 5 probably means“_______”.

A. look into something

B. get something to stop

C. make something work again

D. draw people’s attention to something

69. In which of the following movies was the clock destroyed?

A. The Thirty-Nine Steps and Shanghai Knights.

B. Shanghai Knights and Doctor Who.

C. The Great Mouse Detective and Doctor Who.

D. Mars Attacks and Doctor Who.

70. In which section of a newspaper would the passage be found?

A. Entertainment & Sports

B. Business & Economy

C. Sightseeing & Tourism

D. Culture & Arts

66.【解析】選D。推理判斷題。通讀全文可知A、B、C項(xiàng)都不符合原文的意思，其中B項(xiàng)干擾性較大。只有D項(xiàng)在文章的第一段交代比較清楚。

67.【解析】選A。推理判斷題。通讀文章第二段可知，整段都是講大本鐘這座鐘塔如何成為倫敦甚至英國(guó)的標(biāo)志。故只有A項(xiàng)最符合文意。

68.【解析】選B。詞義猜測(cè)題。由The Thirty-Nine Steps這部電影的介紹可知，主角試圖阻止大本鐘停止下來(lái)，從而避免一顆定時(shí)炸彈爆炸。故選B。

69.【解析】選D。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。通讀文章最后一段可知，其中在Doctor Who和Mars Attacks這兩部影片中，大本鐘遭到了毀壞。

70.【解析】選C。推理判斷題。這是一篇說(shuō)明文，簡(jiǎn)單介紹了大本鐘的相關(guān)史實(shí)，因此可以推出，這應(yīng)該是出自報(bào)紙的觀光和旅游版。故選C。

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