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

12  It refused to welcome the New Year. It ______ .

a．denied it                          b．wanted to

c．didn't want to                     d．wished to

Sentence structure 句子结构

Join these two sentences, then check your answer against the text.

将以下两个简单句改写成为一个句子，然后对照课文第1行，核对你的答案。

It was Wednesday evening. We went to the Town Hall.

On ______