Big Ben, the landmark of London, a clock famous for its accuracy and chimes(和諧的鐘聲), stopped working for 90 minutes, an engineer said Saturday.

People do not know why the 147-year-old clock on the banks of the River Thames stopped at 10:07 p.m. Friday. It continued keeping time, but stopped again at 10:20 p.m. and remained silent for about 90 minutes before starting up again, a spokeswoman for the House of Commons said.

There has been speculation(推測(cè)) that a recent period of hot weather may have been to blame(責(zé)備). Temperatures in London reached 90 ℉on Saturday, and forecasters called it England’s hottest day in May since 1953.

The clock has experienced occasional problems. In 1962, snow caused the clock to stop before the New Year. In 1976, the clock stopped when a piece of its machinery broke. Big Ben also stopped on April 30, 1997, and once more three weeks later.

1.How many times has Big Ben stopped up to now?

A. Three B. Five C. Six D. Eight

2.The probable reason for Big Ben stopping working this time is ________.

A. high temperature B. low temperature

C. broken machine D. heavy snow

3.The passage mainly talks about ________.

A. Big Ben’s history

B. the solution to Big Ben’s problem.

C. the landmark of London

D. Big Ben’s silence

 

1.C

2.A

3.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章講的是大本鐘突然停了下來，這可能是因?yàn)樘鞖庋谉嵩斐傻�，文章還提到以往大本鐘停止工作的情況。

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