Question

【题目】阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在短文空白处填上一个适当的词，使短文完整、通顺，语法正确。

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】本文介绍了英国大本钟建造的原因以及被称为大本钟的原因。

【1】called

句意：它在世界上非常出名，但是很少有人真正知道它为什么被建造，为什么被称为大本钟。根据People called him Big Ben.可知它被称为大本钟，be called被称为，故为called。

【2】either

句意：人们或者早或者晚。either…or…“或者……或者……”，故为either。

【3】same

句意：她让人建造了它，以便于人们将有相同的时间。根据Long ago, the queen of England knew that many clocks had different times. 可知因为英国许多钟表时间不一样，因此英国女王让人建造了大本钟是为了让钟表的时间一样，the same相同的，故为same。

【4】charge

句意：在1859年他负责这个工作。根据But more people believe it was named after Sir Benjamin Hall.可知人们想要以本杰明霍尔爵士来命名，因此可知他负责建造大本钟， in charge of负责，故为charge。

【5】then

句意：从那时起，它被命名为大本钟。from then on从那时起，故为then。