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Today, the Tower of London is one of the most popular tourist【1】and attracts o-ver three million visitors a year. It was occasio
Today, the Tower of London is one of the most popular tourist【1】and attracts o-ver three million visitors a year. It was occasio
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Today, the Tower of London is one of the most popular tourist【1】and attracts o-ver three million visitors a year. It was occasionally used as a Royal Palace for the Kings and Queens of England【2】the time of James I who【3】from 1603 to 1625, but is【4】known as a prison and execution place. Within the walls of the Tower, princes have been murdered, traitors【5】, 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【6】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【7】the usual axe, which can still be seen in the Tower. The sword and executioner were【8】over specially from France and with one【9】the executioner cut off her head.
The Tower was also the【10】of one of London’s most famous mysteries. King Edward IV died in 1483. His elder son, Edward, became king【11】his father’s death. Young Edward lived in the Tower, and the Duke of Gloucester,【12】protector, persuaded Edward’s brother, Richard, to come and live there so that they could play together. But then the Duke【13】that he was the new king, and he was crowned instead of the twelve-year-old Edward,【14】himself Richard III.
After that, the boys were seen less and less and eventually disappeared.【15】said that they were suffocated in bed by pillows being【16】their mouths. It is believed that Richard ordered their deaths,【17】it has never been proved. In 1674, workmen at the Tower discovered two【18】which were taken away and buried in Westminster Abbey in 1678. The【19】were examined in 1933 and were declared to be those of two children,【20】the age of the Princes.
【19】
选项
A、ashes
B、bones
C、corpses
D、sketches
答案
B
解析
bone遗骸,骨头。corpse尸体,没有活动力的人。sketch草图,草稿。ash骨灰,废墟。答案是B。
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