Question

Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is the name of a big clock in London. London is the capital of England. This clock has four faces. So, no matter （無論）where you stand, you can read the time on the face of Big Ben. Each face is the size of a bus. The hands are about four meters long. It is about the size of two people standing on top each other. If you go to London, you may want to visit the Houses of Parliament. （國會大廈）In that place you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower in the Houses of Parliament. You will probably hear it and see it. The big clock makes such a loud noise. “Ding dong, ding dong.” It goes, every quarter of an hour. The name of Big Ben comes from a big builder. 
小題1:Big Ben is _____.    

A．a bus

B．a clock

C．the name of Ben

D．a house

小題2:Big Ben is in _______. 

A．China

B．the USA

C．Japan

D．the UK

小題3:The clock strikes (敲；打) every _______ minutes of an hour.

A．ten

B．fifteen

C．thirty

D．forty-five

小題4:You can read the time of Big Ben _______.

A．at the top of the clock tower	B．in the Houses of Parliament
C．on the hands of the huge clock	D．on the four faces of the clock

小題5:The underlined (劃線部分) word “ hands” means ___ in Chinese.

A．手

B．標志

C．指針

D．發條

Answer 1

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:C

試題分析：這篇短文為我們介紹的是英國的大本鐘。大本鐘有四張表盤，每一張表盤都像一輛公共汽車那么大。無論你站在哪里，都能看到大本鐘上的時間。它的指針有4米長。在倫敦的國會大廈上，你可以看到大本鐘，也能聽到它的鐘聲。
小題1:細節理解題。根據短文的第一句話Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is the name of a big clock in London可知，Big Ben 不是一個人的名字，它是倫敦的一個大鐘的名字。故Big Ben 是一個大鐘。故選B。
小題2:細節理解題。根據短文的前幾句話Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is the name of a big clock in London. London is the capital of England.可知，Big Ben 在倫敦，而倫敦是英國的首都。選項中the UK.也是英國的意思。故選D。A是中國；B是美國；C是日本。
小題3:細節理解題。根據短文中It goes, every quarter of an hour.可知，大本鐘每一刻鐘敲響一次。這句話中的quarter是一刻鐘的意思，我們知道，一刻鐘就是15分鐘。故選B。
小題4:細節理解題。根據短文中This clock has four faces. So, no matter （無論）where you stand, you can read the time on the face of Big Ben可知，這個大本鐘有四張表盤，所以無論你站在哪里，你都能看到大本鐘上的時間。故選D。
小題5:詞義猜測題。hand 我們知道它的本意是手，但是因為這篇短文主要為我們介紹的是英國的大本鐘，所以我們知道，這里的hand 指的是表盤上的指針。故選C。