Directions: There are 15 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE answer that best fits into the passage and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Today, the Tower of London is one of the most popular tourist 【A1】 _____ and attracts over three million visitors a year. It was occasionally used as a Royal Palace for the Kings and Queens of England 【A2】 _____ the time of JamesI who 【A3】 _____ from 1603 to 1625, but is 【A4】 _____ known as a prison mad execution place. Within the walls of the Tower, princes have been murdered, traitors 【A5】 _____, 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 get rid of her because she could not give him a son, so he accused her 【A6】 _____ adultery. She was tried and found guilty. She asked to be beheaded with a sword. 【A7】 _____ the usual axe, which can still be seen in the Tower. The sword and executioner were 【A8】 _____ over specially from France and with one 【A9】 _____ the executioner cut off her head.
The Tower was also the 【A10】 _____ of one of London’s most famous mysteries. King Edward Ⅳ died in 1483. His elder son, Edward, became king 【A11】 _____ his father’s death. Young Edward lived in the Tower, and the Duke of Gloucester, 【A12】 _____ protector, persuaded Edward’s brother, Richard, to come and live there so that they could play together. But then the Duke 【A13】 _____ that he was the new king, and he was crowned instead of the twelve- year-old Edward, 【A14】 _____ himself RichardⅢ.
After that, the boys were seen less and less and eventually disappeared. It is said that they were suffocated in bed by pillows being pressed over their mouths. It is believed that Richard ordered their deaths, 【A15】 _____ it has never been proved.