阅读下面短文，在空白处填一个适当的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式填空。 In 1834，the clock tower in London was burned down. People {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(plan)to build a new clock which would be the{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(big)and best in the world. So the clock had to be big and keep very good time. The big clock {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(make)in two years. Five more years later the tower was finished. Then people put the big clock in the tower, and made it ring out for the first time {#blank#}4{#/blank#}July 11, 1859.
In order to give the big clock a good name, people held a meeting. Someone wanted to call it the Queen of Bells, and someone thought Victoria was good. At last, a man named Benjamin Hall stood up. He was a big man. Before he started to speak, someone shouted, "Why not call it Big Ben?" Everybody laughed and agreed with him. From then on, Big Ben became {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(it)name. And it also became it famous building of London. People all over the world write to Big Ben. They even send birthday presents-bottles of oil to help keep Big Ben running. Big Ben is not only a clock but also a dear friend of people.
