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Today, the Tower of London is one of the most popular tourist【C1】______and attracts o-ver three million visitors a year. It was
Today, the Tower of London is one of the most popular tourist【C1】______and attracts o-ver three million visitors a year. It was
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Today, the Tower of London is one of the most popular tourist【C1】______and attracts o-ver three million visitors a year. It was occasionally used as a Royal Palace for the Kings and Queens of England【C2】______the time of James I who【C3】______from 1603 to 1625, but is【C4】______known as a prison and execution place. Within the walls of the Tower, princes have been murdered, traitors【C5】______, spies shot, and Queens of England beheaded. One of the most famous executions was that of Anne Boleyn in 1536. She was the second wife of Henry VIII. He wanted to【C6】______her because she could not give him a son, so he accused her of adultery. She was tried and found guilty. She asked to be beheaded with a sword【C7】______the usual axe, which can still be seen in the Tower. The sword and executioner were【C8】______over specially from France and with one【C9】______the executioner cut off her head.
The Tower was also the【C10】______of one of London’s most famous mysteries. King Edward IV died in 1483. His elder son, Edward, became king【C11】______his father’s death. Young Edward lived in the Tower, and the Duke of Gloucester,【C12】______protector, persuaded Edward’s brother, Richard, to come and live there so that they could play together. But then the Duke【C13】______that he was the new king, and he was crowned instead of the twelve-year-old Edward,【C14】______himself Richard III.
After that, the boys were seen less and less and eventually disappeared.【C15】______said that they were suffocated in bed by pillows being【C16】______their mouths. It is believed that Richard ordered their deaths,【C17】______it has never been proved. In 1674, workmen at the Tower discovered two【C18】______which were taken away and buried in Westminster Abbey in 1678. The【C19】______were examined in 1933 and were declared to be those of two children,【C20】______the age of the Princes."
【C3】
选项
A、reined
B、reigned
C、powered
D、controlled
答案
B
解析
reign掌握权力,统治。rein,给(马)套上缰绳;控制。power力量;能力。control控制,管理。答案是B。
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