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新视野英语（三）复习题 Passage 1 Big Ben is one of Londons best-known landmarks, and looks most spectacular at night when the clock faces are lighted. You even know when parliament is in session, because a light shines above the clock face. The four dials(钟面) of the clock are 23 feet square, the minute hand is 14 feet long and the figures are 2 feet high. Minutely regulated (校准) with a stack(堆) of coins placed on the huge pendulum (钟摆), Big Ben is an excellent timekeeper, which has rarely stopped. The name Big Ben actually refers not to the clock-tower itself, but to the thirteen-ton bell hung wi