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综合填空   Have you heard of Big Ben?  Big Ben is a very big and (1)f__________ clock  in London, the capital of England. It is much (2)b__________ than many other clocks in the world. The clock weighs 23 tons (吨). Its minute hand is 4.27 metres (3)l__________  and its hour hand is 2.75 metres long. The clock tower is about 98 metres h_________. Big Ben got its name (4)f__________ Sir Benjamin Hall. He was responsible (负责的) for the making of the clock. In 1858, people were (5)b__________ the new House of Parliament (议会大厦) of England, and at the same time they were also building a big clock. However, (6)n__________ could think of a good name for the big clock. Sir Benjamin Hall made a joke and said, “Why don’t we (7)c__________ it Big Ben?” At his words, all the people laughed. But from then on, the new clock was(8) r__________ called Big Ben.    Today, Big Ben is very famous and people from all over the world want to (9)s__________  it. The clock is not only big  but also accurate (精确的). It makes a loud (10)s__________ every hour. On New Year’s Eve, millions of people listen to it on TV! 答案：1. famous 2. bigger 3. long 4.from5.building 6.nobody7.call8.really 9.see 10. Sound

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