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.