单选题根据下面短文回答下列问题。
Big Ben is not only a name of a man. It is also the name of a big clock in London. London is the capital of England. This clock has four faces. So, no matter where you stand, you can read the time on the face of Big Ben. Each face is the size of a bus. The hands are about four meters long. If you go to London, you may want to visit the House of Parliament. You will probably hear it and see it. The big clock makes such a loud noise. "Dingdong, dingdong." It goes every quarter of an hour.
The name of Big Ben comes from a great builder. This man did much building work in London many years ago.

单选题 Big Ben is ______.
A. a bus
B. a clock
C. a house

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 这是一道细节题，Big Ben是一只大钟，它的每一面有一辆公共汽车那么大。因此，选项[B]正确。

单选题 Big Ben is in ______.
A. China
B. the United States
C. the UK

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 这道题考的是推理判断与常识，首先要知道伦敦是英国的首都，还要知道英国的缩写是the UK。由此可以推断出正确答案。

单选题 The clock strikes(敲；打) every ______ of an hour.
A. ten minutes
B. fifteen minutes
C. thirty minutes

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 这道题考的是词义推断，a quarter of an hour与fifteen minutes的意思相同：一刻钟等于15分钟。所以，这个大钟每15分钟就敲一次。

单选题 You can read the time of Big Ben ______.
A. at the top of the clock
B. in the House of Parliament
C. on the four faces of the clock

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 这是一道细节题，在大本钟的四面都可以看时间：This clock has four faces. So no matter where you stand, you can read the time on the face of Big Ben. 其他两项不符合题意。

单选题 The underlined words "hands" means ______ in Chinese.
A. 手
B. 指针
C. 发条

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 根据上下文语境判断，这里的hands指的应该是钟表的指针，而不是手。