Read the text and answer the questions.

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 bell striking on 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. Plans were made. They called for a "King of Clock, the biggest and the best in the world". So the clock had to be big. And it had to keep very good time. In two years the big clock was made. Five more years went by before the clock tower was last finished. Then the four bells for the chimes were brought into the tower. And at last the big hour bell was put in place. It rang out for the first time on July 11, 1859. This great bell had to have a name. A meeting of parliament was called to pick one. "This clock is the king of clocks," one man said. "Let's call the bell the Queen of Bells." "Then why not Victoria?" said another (Victoria was the British queen at that time). The talk about names went on and on. Then Benjamin Hall got up to speak. He was a big man. By this time they were all tired. Someone shouted, "Why not call it Big Ben and be done with it?" Everybody laughed, and the meeting was over. But it was called Big Ben from then on. Not just the bell but the whole clock.

1. where are people sending cards?
2. a person?
3. who is sending things?
4. from where?
5. where is Big Ben?
6. where at?
7. what is it?
8. how is it displayed?
9. what are the 4 faces?
10. are they considered friendly?
11. who enjoys seeing them?
12. what sound does it make?
13. how is the sound made?
14. how often?
15. what did Big Ben replace?
16. why?
17. when?
18. how long did it take to complete Big Ben's clock?
19. how much longer for the tower?
20. who was it named after?
1. to Big Ben
2. No
3. People
4. all over the world
5. London
6. in a tower
7. the parliament building
8. hanging up
9. clocks
10. YEs
11. The people
12. Bong!
13. the bell striking
14. on the hour
15. the old parliament clock
16. the old parliament building was burned down
17. in 1834
18. two years
19. Five more years
20. Benjamin Hall