英语阅读题Big Ben is one of London's best-known landmarks,and loo

英语阅读题
Big Ben is one of London's best-known landmarks,and looks most spectacular at
night when the clock faces are illuminated.You even know when parliament is in
session,because a light shines above the clock face.
The four dials of the clock are 23 feet square,the minute hand is 14 feet long
and the figures are 2 feet high.Minutely regulated with a stack of coins placed
on the huge pendulum,Big Ben is an excellent timekeeper,which has rarely
stopped.
The name Big Ben actually refers not to the clock-tower itself,but to the
thirteen ton bell hung within.The bell was named after the first commissioner
of works,Sir Benjamin Hall.
This bell came originally from the old Palace of Westminster,it was given to
the Dean of St.Paul's by William III.Before returning to Westminster to hang
in its present home,it was refashioned in Whitechapel in 1858.The BBC first
broadcast the chimes on the 31st December 1923 - there is a microphone in the
turret connected to Broadcasting House.
During the second world war in 1941,an incendiary bomb destroyed the Commons
chamber of the Houses of Parliament,but the clock tower remained intact and
Big Ben continued to keep time and strike away the hours,its unique sound was
broadcast to the nation and around the world,a welcome reassurance of hope to
all who heard it.
There are even cells within the clock tower where Members of Parliament can be
imprisoned for a breach of parliamentary privilege,though this is rare; the
last recorded case was in 1880.
The tower is not open to the general public,but those with a "special interest"
may arrange a visit to the top of the Clock Tower through their local (UK) MP.
11.When parliament has a meeting________
A.Big Ben lights the parliament
B.the clock faces are lighted
C.a light is on above the face
D.Big Ben strikes the time
12.Which of following statements is true according to the passage?________
A.Big Ben has only one hand.
B.Coins are used to make Big Ben work more precisely.
C.Big Ben has never stopped.
D.Big Ben has a huge pendulum made of coins.
13.The bell was once owned by ______________.
A.the old Palace of Westminster
B.Sir Benjamin Hall
C.The Dean of St.Paul
D.The BBC14.the BBC first broadcast the chimes on the eve of ____________.
A.1858
B.1923
C.1924
D.1914
15.the word “intact” in Line 2,Para.4 probably means _____________.
A.uninjured
B.uncut
C.unharmed
D.undamaged

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