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【題目】閱讀理解

In 1834, the clock tower in London was burned down. People planned to buil d a new clock which would be the biggest and the best in the world. So the clock had to be big and keep very good time. Several years later the tower was finished. The people put the big clock in the tower, and made it ring out for the first time on July 11, 1859.

In order to give the big clock a good name, people held a meeting. Someone wanted to call it the Queen of Bells , and someone thought Victoria was good . At last, a man named Benjamin Hall stood up. He was a big man. Before he started to speak, someone shouted, “Why not call it Big Ben?” Everybody laughed and agreed with him.

From then on, Big Ben became its name. And it also became a famous building of London. People all over the world write to Big Ben. They even send bottles of oil to help keep Big Ben running. Big Ben is not only a clock but also a dear friend of people.

( ) ⑴Big Ben’s birthday is __________.

A. July 11, 1854

B. July 11, 1834

C. July 11 1859

D. July 11, 1852

( ) ⑵How did Big Ben get its name?

A．Benjamin Hall gave it the name.

B．Big Ben got its name because of a joke.

C．Big Ben got its name from the Queen of the UK

D．Victoria gave it the name.

( ) ⑶“Keep very good time” means ___________

A．have a good time

B．show people the correct time.

C．keep running

D．be made in time

( ) ⑷Which of the following is NOT true?

A．People all over the world look upon Big Ben as their friends.

B．People all over the world even send oil to Big Ben.

C．People think Big Ben will reply their letters.

D．People think Big Ben is the biggest and the best clock in the world.

( ) ⑸Benjamin Hall is ___________.

A. a man who built Big Ben

B. a man who was always very funny

C．the man who burnt down the old clock

D．a man who attended the meeting which was held to make a name for the big clock

Answer 1

【答案】⑴C；⑵B；⑶B；⑷C；⑸D

【解析】

⑴本題從第一段最后一句便可得知答案。

⑵本題從第二段最后一句可推斷出答案。

⑶本題是推斷意思的題目，是閱讀理解題中的難點。這類推斷短語意思的題目要通讀劃線部分整句及前后一句基本上就可以得出答案。前一句提到人們希望這個鐘應該是‘biggest and the best’，這與后文的句子是對應的。Big對應biggest, Keep very good time與the best對應。對clock而言，the best就應該是時間很準，所以選B。這類題目一般都直接看不出意思，要通過上下文判斷。

⑷本題為判斷正誤題，而且選的是錯誤的選項，應該把每個選項都看過，逐一排除。文中提到人們寫信給big Ben但并沒提到人們希望能收到回信，所以C選項錯誤。

⑸本題通過通讀二三段可得出答案。