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    Big Ben

    　　Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is the name of a huge clock in London. London is the capital of England. This clock has four faces. So，no matter where you stand，you can read the time on the face of Big Ben. Each face is the size of a double decker（层）bus. The hands are about four meters long. It is about the size of two people standing on top of each other. If you go to London，you may want to visit the Houses of Parliament. There you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower in the Houses of Parliament. Maybe you will hear it as well as see it. The huge clock makes such a loud noise. “Ding dong，ding dong，”it goes every quarter of an hour.
    　　The clock was named after a big man. He was Sir Benjamin Hall. This man did much building work in London many years ago.

    68. Big Ben is ______________.
    　 A. a double decker bus　B. a huge clock　C. the name of Ben    D. a building

    69. The clock strikes every _______ of an hour.
    　 A. ten minutes　  B. fifteen minutes　C. thirty minutes　 D. forty-five minutes

    70. 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

    BBD

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    Big Ben

    　　Big Ben is not the name of a man．It is the name of a huge(庞大的)clock in London．London is the capital of England．This clock has four faces．So, no matter where you stand, you can read the time on the face of Big Ben．Each face is the size of a double decker(层)bus．The hands are about four metres long．It is about the size of two people standing on top of each other．If you go to London, you may want to visit the Houses of Parliament(国会大厦)．There you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower(塔)in the Houses of Parliament．Maybe you will hear it as well as see it．The huge clock makes such a loud noise．“Ding dong, ding dong, ”it goes every quarter of an hour．

    　　The clock was named after a big man．He was Sir Benjamin Hall．This man did much building work in London many years ago．

    (1)

    Big Ben is ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    a double decker bus

    B．

    a huge clock

    C．

    the name of Ben

    D．

    a building

    (2)

    The clock strikes every ________ of an hour．

    [　　]

    A．

    ten minutes

    B．

    fifteen minutes

    C．

    thirty minutes

    D．

    forty-five minutes

    (3)

    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

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    　　Even though we struggled to make ends meet, my parents stressed to me and my four brothers and sisters how 　　1　　we were to live in a great country with limitless opportunities．They 　　2　　 us with the ideas of family, faith and love．

    　　I got my first 　　3　　 job when I was ten．My dad injured his back working in a cardboard-box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist．He 　　4　　 space in a little shopping center and gave his shop the flowery name of Mr．Ben’s Coiffure．

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    　　The hard work 　　15　　 off．I attended the U.S.Military Academy and went on to 　　16　　 graduate degrees in law and business from Harvard．　　17　　, I joined a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California state assembly(州议会)．In these jobs and in everything else I’ve done, I have 　　18　　 forgotten those nights in the parking lot．The experience taught me that there is value in all work and that if people are working to 　　19　　 for themselves and their families, that is 　　20　　 we should honor．

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    admitted

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