新视野英语（三）复习题

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1、新视野英语（三）复习题Passage1BigBenisoneofLondon'sbest-knownlandmarks,andlooksmostspectacularatnightwhentheclockfacesarelighted.Youevenknowwhenparliamentisinsession,becausealightshinesabovetheclockface.Thefourdials(钟面)oftheclockare23feetsquare,theminutehandis14feetlongandthefiguresare2feethigh.Minutelyr

2、egulated(校准)withastack(堆)ofcoinsplacedonthehugependulum(钟摆),BigBenisanexcellenttimekeeper,whichhasrarelystopped.ThenameBigBenactuallyrefersnottotheclock-toweritself,buttothethirteen-tonbellhungwithin.Thebellwasnamedafterthefirstcommissioner行政长官)ofworks,SirBenjaminHall.Thisbellcameoriginallyfro

3、mtheoldPalaceofWestminster,andwasgiventotheDean(教长)ofSt.PaulbyWilliamIII.BeforereturningtoWestminstertohanginitspresenthome,itwasrefashionedinWhitechapelin1858.TheBBCfirstbroadcastthechimes(报时)onthe31stDecember1923—thereisamicrophone(扩音器)intheturret(塔楼)connectedtoBroadcastingHouse.DuringtheSec

4、ondWorldWarin1941,abombdestroyedtheLowerChamber(众议院，下院)oftheHousesofParliament,buttheclocktowerremainedintactandBigBencontinuedtokeeptimeandstrikeawaythehours,itsuniquesoundwasbroadcasttothenationandaroundtheworld,awelcomereassurance(恢复信心)ofhopetoallwhoheardit.Thetowerisnotopentothegeneralpubl

5、ic,butthosewitha"specialinterest"mayarrangeavisittothetopoftheClockTowerthroughtheirlocal(UK)MP.1.WhenparliamenthasameetingA.BigBenlightstheparliamentB.theclockfacesarelightedC.alightisonabovethefaceD.BigBenstrikesthetime2.Whichoffollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothepassage?A.BigBenhasonlyon

6、ehand.B.CoinsareusedtomakeBigBenworkmoreprecisely.C.BigBenhasneverstopped.D.BigBenhasahugependulummadeofcoins.3.Thebellwasonceownedby______________.A.theoldPalaceofWestminsterB.SirBenjaminHallC.TheDeanofSt.PaulD.TheBBC4.theBBCfirstbroadcastthechimesontheeveof____________.A.1858B.1923C.1924D.19

7、145.theword“intact”inLine2,Para.4probablymeans_____________.A.uninjuredB.uncutC.unharmedD.undamagedPassage2WhentheRomanticMovementwasstillpopular,itwasacommonmatterofdebate(辩论)whetherpeopleshouldmarryforloveorformoney.Theyoungpeopleconc