work in London many years ago.

13. Big Ben is ______________.

A. a double decker bus B. a huge clock

C. the name of Ben D. a building 14. The clock strikes every _______ of an hour. A. ten minutes B. fifteen minutes C. thirty minutes D. forty-five minutes

15. You can read the time of Big Ben _________. A. at the top of the clock tower B. in the Houses of parliament C. on the hands of the huge clock D. on the four faces of the clock 二、完型填空(共20题，每题1.5分，共计30分）

Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams. All the 16 _____ had been working hard for some time, reviewing their lessons for the exams. If they didn’t 17 _____, they would have to retake（补考） them in September. There were usually a few who 18 _____, and Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, 19 _____ just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister Barbara was 20 _____ about her. She went to bed too 21 _____. The night before the first exam, Barbara 22 ____ that she have an early night and take a 23 ____ pill. She promised to wake 24 _____ up in the morning.

As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep. Her 25 _____ kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of 26 ____, she went to sleep. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination 27 _____, but she couldn’t answer any of the questions. 28 _____ around her was writing pages and names. 29 _____ she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write 30 _____. She kept looking at her 31 _____. Time was running out. There was only an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences, 32 _____ and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started 33 ____. Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she 34 ____ up. She was still in bed and it had all been a 35 _____ dream. A minute later,