九年级英语上册 Moudule 1 Wonders of the world特色培优专项训练（主题阅读+综合提升训练） 外研版.docVIP

Module 1 Wonders of the world 主题阅读 I. 阅读理解 阅读短文，根据短文内容选出最佳答案。 People all over the world write to Big Ben. They even send birthday presents. Big Ben is not a person. It’s a clock. Big Ben is the great clock hanging up in a tower of the parliament building. The people of London like to see Big Ben’s four friendly faces. They like to hear the clock striking (敲) the hour. Bong! Bong! Bong! Big Ben’s story started in 1834. In that year the old parliament building was burned down. Its clock tower fell to the ground. There had to be a new building and a new clock.