The Famous Clock
When you visit London, the capital of Great Britain, one of the first 1. (things) you can see is Big Ben, the famous clock. It can 2. (be heard) all over the world on the BBC. The great clock 3. (was constructed) after the Houses of Parliament had been burned down in the 4. (nineteenth) century. Big Ben takes 5. (its) name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for 6. (making) the clock when the new Houses were being built. It is not only a very big clock, but extremely accurate as well. The 7. (scientists) from Greenwich Observatory have a clock check twice a day. Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. Once it 8. (failed) to give the correct time. The painter who was working on the tower 9. (hung) a pot of paint on one of the 10. (hands) and slowed it down!