单选题 The Big Ben (英国大本钟) is located in the tower in London. It is very famous (41) the world, but nobody really knows why it is (42) Big Ben. There are two stories (43) this. Some people say that it was named (44) Benjamin Caunt, a boxer. People called (45) Big Ben. But more people believe it was called after Welshman, Sir Benjamin Hall. He was in (46) of this work in 1859. A story was told that during a (47) in a meeting on what (48) the bell, Sir Benjamin was going to give his ideas when an officer behind him shouted (49) , "Let's call it Big Ben!" From (50) on it was named Big Ben.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[名师解析] 本文是介绍英国大本钟的常识性短文。大本钟坐落在伦敦塔处，闻名世界，应该用throughout，表示遍布世界的意思。然而没有人知道为什么它叫大本钟，这里是个被动的意思，只能用called。有关它的名字有两个故事，story about是有关什么的故事，about是“有关的”意思。有些人说它原先以一个拳击手Benjamin Caunt的名字命名的，name after是固定词组，表示“以什么命名”，文章后面也有同样的用法可以借鉴。人们叫这个拳击手Big Ben，这里“他”指代拳击手，所以填him。然而更多的人则相信大本钟是以一个叫Benjamin Hall先生的威尔士人名字命名的。他在1859年负责造钟这项工作，“负责”用词组in charge of；“在什么管理之下”用词组in the charge of。一个故事说，当时在一次会议上讨论该怎么叫这座钟，“在一次会议上的讨论”应该说during a discussion in a meeting, decision是决心，fighting是打斗，均不符合文意，“叫这钟什么名字”是一个由疑问代词引导的宾语，应该说what to call the bell。Benjamin先生正要给出自己的意见，这时他后面的一个官员突然叫道：“就叫他Big Ben吧!”“突然”这里应该是个副词，只能用suddenly。从那以后它就叫大本钟了，“从那以后”有个固定词组是from then on，同理，“从今往后”就是from now on。