一、用所给词的适当形式填空
1. --- __________ (not smoke) here.
--- I’m sorry.
---Can you see a sign on the wall? It means “No __________ (smoke)”.
2. Their father __________ (swim) very fast. Look, he __________ (swim) in the sports
hall now.
3.---Where’s my camera?
---It __________ (is) on the table a moment ago.
4.__________ (do) Nancy’s brothers usually get up at six?
5. There are a lot of books. Please put __________ (they) into the library.
6. ---What can I do for you?
---I want to have two __________ (glass) of milk.
7. Hearing the __________ (excite) news, the students are getting __________(excite).
二、阅读理解
In 1834, the clock tower in London was burned down. People planned to buil d a new clock which would be the biggest and the best in the world. So the clock had to be big and keep very good time. Several years later the tower was finished. The people put the big clock in the tower, and made it ring out for the first time on July 11, 1859.
In order to give the big clock a good name, people held a meeting. Someone wanted to call it the Queen of Bells , and someone thought Victoria was good . At last, a man named Benjamin Hall stood up. He was a big man. Before he started to speak, someone shouted, “Why not call it Big Ben?” Everybody laughed and agreed with him.