考点规范练13(Module1)Ⅰ.阅读理解BigBenisthenicknamefortheGreatBelloftheclockatthenorthendofthePalaceofWestminsterinLondon,andoftenextendedtorefertotheclockandtheclocktower.ThetowerisofficiallyknownastheElizabethTower,renamedassuchtocelebratetheDiamondJubileeofElizabethⅡ(priortobeingrenamedin2012itwasknownassimply“ClockTower”).Thetowerholdsthelargestfour-facedchimingclockintheworldandisthethirdtallestfree-standingclocktower.Thetowerwascompletedin1858andhadits150thanniversaryon31May2009,duringwhichcelebratoryeventstookplace.TheclockhasbecomeasymboloftheUnitedKingdom,particularlyinthevisualmedia.Whenatelevisionorfilm-makerwishestoindicateagenericlocationinthecountry,apopularwaytodosoistoshowanimageofthetower,oftenwithareddoubledeckerbusorblackcabintheforeground(重要位置).Thebottom200feet(61.0m)ofthetower’sstructureconsistsofbrickworkwithsandcolouredAnstonlimestonecladding.Theremainderofthetower’sheightisaframedspireofcastiron.Thetowerisfoundedona50feet(15.2m)squareraft,madeof10feet(3.0m)thickconcrete,atadepthof13feet(4.0m)belowthegroundlevel.Thefourclockdialsare180feet(54.9m)aboveground.Theinteriorvolumeofthetoweris164,200cubicfeet(4,650cubicmetres).Despitebeingoneoftheworld’smostfamoustouristattractions,theinteriorofthetowerisnotopentooverseasvisitors,thoughUnitedKingdomresidentsareabletoarrangetours(wellinadvance)throughtheirMemberofParliament.However,thetowerhasnolift,sothoseescortedmustclimbthe334limestonestairstothetop.【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文,主要介绍了英国的标志之一——大本钟。1.Accordingtothepassage,weknowBigBen.A.onlyreferstotheGreatBelloftheclockB.referstotheclockandtheclocktowerC.wasknownastheElizabethTowerD.isrenamedClockTowerin2012答案:B解析:考查细节理解。由第一段中的“andoftenextendedtorefertotheclockandtheclocktower”可知答案为B项。2.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?A.Thetoweristhesecondtallestfree-standingclocktower.B.Thetowerisatadepthof10feetbelowthegroundlevel.C.Theinteriorofthetowerisopentooverseasvisitors.D.Onehastoclimb334limestonestairstothetop.答案:D解析:考查细节理解。由第三段中的“However,thetowerha