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　　People all over the world write to Big Ben. They 1 send birthday presents. Big Ben is not a 2. It’s a clock!

　　Big Ben is the great clock 3　　up in a tower of the Parliament building. This is the building in London where laws are 4. The people of London like to see Big Ben’s four friendly faces. They like to hear the chimes 5 15 minutes. They like to hear the bell 6 on the hour. Bong! Bong! Bong!

　　Big Ben’s story started in 1834, in that year the old Parliament building burned 7 . Its clock tower crashed to the ground. There 8 to be a new building and a new clock.

　　Plans were made. They called 9 “the King of Clocks, the biggest and best in the world”. So the clock had to be big. And it had to 10 very good times.

　　In two years the big clock was made. Five more years went by 11 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 12 . It rang out for the first time 13 July 11, 1859.

　　This great bell had to 14 a name. A meeting of Parliament was called to pick 15 . “This clock is the King of Clocks,” one man said “Let’s call the bell the Queen of Bells.”

　　“Then why not Victoria?” said 16 (Victoria was the British queen at that time.) The talk about names went 17 . Then Benjamin Hall got up to speak. He was a big man that others liked． By this time they were all 18. Some one shouted. “Why not call it Big Ben and be done 19 it?” Everybody laughed, and the meeting broke up. But people called it Big Ben from then on. Not just the bell 20 the whole clock..

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Robert and Peter study in the same university. They do everything together and help each other. But they often play jokes on each other.

    The school year was over last month and they decided to travel through the country in America. They drove a car and could stop wherever they were interested and started whenever they wanted. Of course they enjoyed themselves. It was very hot one day and they were both hungry and thirsty. They stopped in front of a restaurant by the road. They came in, sat down at a table and ordered some dishes. Robert looked around and found there was a small bowl on the table. He thought there was some ice cream in it and took a spoonful of it and put it into his mouth. Immediately he knew it was mustard（芥末）, but it was too late. Tears ran down his face, but he pretended nothing had happened. The other young man, seeing his friend crying, asked, "What are you crying about, Robert?" "I'm thinking of my father who died twenty years ago," was his reply.

   After a while Peter made the same mistake. Tears ran down his face, too. And his friend asked him why.  "I wonder why your father hadn't been dead before he got married!"

64. Robert took a spoonful of mustard because ________.

 A. it was free             B. he thought it was ice cream

 C. he liked it very much     D. it was delicious

65. Robert didn't tell Peter it was mustard in the bowl because ________.

 A. he wanted his friend to repeat the mistake  B. he didn't know his friend hated it

 C. he thought his friend knew what it was   D. he thought his friend was interested in it

66. ________, so tears ran down his face.

 A. Robert thought of his dead father

 B. Robert thought his father had been hanged by mistake

 C. Robert couldn't rescue his poor father

 D. The sharp taste of the mustard made Robert painful

67. Peter made the same mistake because ________.

 A. he often took some mustard               B. he was too hungry to wait for their dishes

 C. he was much braver than his friend         D. he wasn't afraid to be played a joke on

　Robert and Peter study in the same university. They do everything together and help each other. But they often play jokes on each other.?

The school year was over last month and they decided to travel through the country in ?America. They drove a car and could stop wherever they were interested in and started whenever they wanted. Of course they enjoyed themselves. It was very hot one day and they were both hungry and thirsty. They stopped in front of a restaurant by the road. They came in, sat down at a table and ordered some dishes. Robert looked around and found there was a small bowl on the table. He thought there was some ice cream in it and took a spoonful of(一匙)it and put it into his mouth. Immediately he knew it was mustard(芥末),but it was too late. Tears ran down his face, but he pretended nothing had happened. The other young man, seeing his friend crying, asked, “What are you crying about, Robert?”?

“I’m thinking of my father who was hanged twenty years ago,” was a reply.?

After a while Peter made the same mistake. Tears ran down his cheeks(面颊),too. And his friend asked him why.?

“I wonder why your father hadn’t been hanged before he got married!”?

1. Robert didn’t tell Peter it was some mustard in the bowl because　　　　 .?