Задание 7. Choose one of the items (a, b, c, d) to complete the text. When you visit London one of the first 1) you can see is Big Ben, the famous clock. It can 2) all over the world on the BBC. The great clock was constructed after the Houses of Parliament had been burned down in the nineteenth 3) . Big Ben got 4) name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible 5) making the clock when the new Houses were being built. It is not only a very big clock, but 6) accurate as well. The scientists from Greenwich Observatory have a clock check twice 7) day . Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. Once it failed to give the correct time. The painter 8) was working on the tower 9) a pot of paint on one of the 10) and slowed it down! 1. a) thing b) things c) everything d) something 2. a) heard b) be heard c) listened d) be listened 3. a) year b) week c) century d) day 4. a) its b) it c) it’s d) his 5. a) in b) with c) at d) for 6. a) extremely b) usually c) easily d) hard 7. a) - b) the c) a d) an 8. a) who b) whose c) which d) whom 9. a) hang b) hung c) is hanging d) has hung 10. a) arrows b) stripes c) hands d) arm
