首页
登录
职称英语
People all over the world write to Big Ben. They【C1】______send birthday presents
People all over the world write to Big Ben. They【C1】______send birthday presents
游客
2023-07-17
31
管理
问题
People all over the world write to Big Ben. They【C1】______send birthday presents. Big Ben is not a【C2】______. It’s a clock!
Big Ben is the great clock【C3】______up in a tower of the Parliament building. This is the building in London where laws are【C4】______. The people of London like to see Big Ben’s four friendly faces. They like to hear the chimes【C5】______. 15 minutes. They like to hear the bell【C6】______on the hour. Bong! Bong! Bong!
Big Ben’s story started in 1834. In that year the old parliament building burned【C7】______. Its clock tower crashed to the ground. There【C8】______to be a new building—and a new clock.
Plans were made. They called【C9】______a "King of Clocks, the biggest and best in the world". So the clock had to be big. And it had to【C10】______very good time.
In two years the big clock was made. Five more years went by【C11】______the clock tower was finished. Then the four bells for the chimes were brought into the tower. And at last the giant hour bell was put in【C12】______. It rang our for the first time【C13】______July 11, 1859.
This great bell had to【C14】______a name. A meeting of Parliament was called to pick【C15】______. "This clock is the King of Clocks," one man said. "Let’s call the bell the Queen of Bells."
"Then why not Victoria?" said【C16】______.(Victoria was the British queen at that time)The talk about names went【C17】______. Then Benjamin Hall got up to speak. He was a big man that others liked. By this time they were all【C18】______. Some one shouted, "Why not call it Big Ben and be done【C19】______it?"
Everybody laughed, and the meeting broke up. But Big Ben it was from then on. Not just the bell【C20】______the whole clock. [br] 【C6】
选项
A、knocking
B、striking
C、beating
D、announcing
答案
B
解析
strike(时钟)报时,knock敲门,beat敲打,announce通知,选项B最符合题意。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2845834.html
相关试题推荐
Thepeoplewhoobjectedtothenewapproachweretoldthatsinceworkhadalread
MartinLutherKingJr.campaignedforthe______ofcivilrightstoblackpeople.
______(给游客印象最深的)wasthefriendlinessandwarmthofthelocalpeople.Whatimpress
[originaltext]Somepeoplewanttomakeandsavealotofmoneyinorderto
Thesepeopleremainhealthyinbodyandspiritdespitethe______oftime.A、pass
Whensomeonewriteswith______ink,onlythosepeoplewhohaveaspecialilquid
Peopletodayhavetoagreat______losttheirabilitytoidentitywithwhatthe
Thelawoftheregionalgovernment______thepeoplefromcommittingactsofvio
Becauseofairpollution,moreandmorepeople______liveinthecountry______
Thereweresevenpeopleinthecar,______apileofluggageandfourdogs.A、lea
随机试题
ThreeTipstoImproveYourPublicSpeakingSkills1.Children
Accordingtoarecentstudy,theideaofagingmightlookdifferentthrought
申请创业投资企业的备案管理部门分()和()两级。A.注册部门;核准部
甲公司拥有乙公司80%的有表决权股份,能够控制乙公司财务和经营决策。2013年6
A.硫黄熏蒸法B.氯化苦熏蒸法C.醋酸钠喷洒D.磷化铝熏蒸法E.稀氨溶液熏蒸法(
下列病机变化中,最危重的是A:阴阳偏盛B:阴阳偏衰C:阴阳互损D:阴阳格拒
白细胞计数的结果一般仅反映下列哪部分的白细胞数()。A.分裂池 B.成熟
“光阴一去不复返”表明()A.时间的无限性 B.时间的有限性 C.时间
港珠澳大桥跨越()。东接香港,西接广东珠海和澳门,总长约55公里。是粤港澳三
维持蛋白质二级结构稳定的主要化学键是( )。A.盐键 B.肽键 C.氢键
最新回复
(
0
)