Comprehension理解

1 The crowd gathered under the clock because ____.

  (a)it was twenty to twelve                (c)it was Wednesday evening

  (b)they wanted to welcome the New Year    (d)the clock had stopped

2 They realized the clock had stopped ____.

(a)before midnight     (b)after midnight   

(c)at midnight        (d)just in time

Structure句型

3 They went to the Town Hall on Wednesday evening．They went ____.

  (a)the evening    (b)on the evening    (c)evening    (d) in the evening

4 The people ____ under the Town Hall clock．

  (a)were    (b)was    (c)is      (d) be

5 ____ will it strike? In twenty minutes’time．

  (a)When    (b)How long    (c)How long ago    (d) How much

6 What time did it stop? ____ five to twelve．

  (a)On    (b)At    (c)In      (d) During

7 Did ____ happen? No，nothing happened．

  (a)nothing    (b)anything    (c)any     (d) a thing

Vocabulary词汇

8 How many times did the clock ____?

  (a)hit    (b)beat    (c)knock     (d) strike

9 It was fifteen minutes ____ eleven．

  (a)pass    (b)past    (c)passed     (d) pasted

10 A clock usually has two hands, a minute hand and ____ hand．

  (a)a second    (b)an hour    (c)a time     (d) a big

11 Most people wear or carry ____ ．

  (a)an alarm clock    (b)an alarm    (c)a clock    (d) a watch

l2 It refused to welcome the New Year．It ____.

(a)denied it          (b)wanted to  

(c)didn’t want to       (d) wished to