复合题

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. 

单选题 【A1】________
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】名词词义辨析题。 句意: 伦敦塔是最热门的旅游景点之一。 tourist site旅游景点。 scene场面; 情景。
单选题 【A2】________
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】介词词义辨析题。 句意: 伦敦塔在詹姆斯一世时代以前, 曾偶尔用作英国国王和王后的王宫。 通过阅读下文“but is known as a prison mad execution place(但如今它却以一所监狱和刑场著称) ”, 可知伦敦塔是在以前被用作王宫。 until在……以前。
单选题 【A3】________
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】动词词义辨析题。 句意: 他于1603至1625年统治英国。 reign统治, 支配; 当政。 rein 控制; 驾驭。
单选题 【A4】________
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】副词词义辨析题。 句意: 但如今它却以一所监狱和刑场而最为著称。 前文提到伦敦塔曾被用作皇宫, but一词表转折可知后文意思与前文相反, 故选best。 best known与well known都可以表示“著名的, 知名的”, 但是, best known在程度上更深, 强调非常出名。
单选题 【A5】________
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】动词词义辨析题。 句意: 叛徒受酷刑。 根据上下文, 可知空格内应填与murder(谋杀) , shot(枪决) 意思相近的词。 torture折磨; 拷问。 ruin毁灭。 wound受伤。
单选题 【A6】________
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】固定搭配题。 句意: 亨利八世控告他的妻子与人私通。 accuse sb. of sth.指控某人干某事, 为固定搭配。
单选题 【A7】________
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】副词词义辨析题。 句意: 她请求用一把利剑将她砍首, 而不要用行刑时通常用的那把斧头。 rather than而不是。 apart from除……之外。 besides 除…之外。 together with连同。
单选题 【A8】________
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】动词词义辨析题。 句意: 于是从法国带来了剑并请了刽子手。 bring over把……带来, 为固定搭配。
单选题 【A9】________
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】动词词义辨析题。 句意: 刽子手利剑一挥, 她的头便被砍下。 第二句说到刽子手把她的头砍下,可知前面的动作应是挥剑。 strike sword挥剑, 故选D。
单选题 【A10】________
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】名词词义辨析题。 句意: 伦敦塔也是伦敦著名的一起神秘事件的出事地点。 scene现场; 场面; 情景, 指特定的地点。 spot景点。 place泛指地点。 view目中所望见的景色。
单选题 【A11】________
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】介词词义辨析题。 句意: 爱德华在父亲死后成为国王。 此处on解释为“在……之后, 一……就……”。
单选题 【A12】________
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】推理判断题。 句意: 他的监护人。 本句主要是描述young Edward, 可以推测得知Gloucester公爵是young Edward的监护人, 因此应选his。
单选题 【A13】________
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】动词词义辨析题。 句意: 但以后公爵宣布自己是新国王。 “he was the new king”这则消息应该是被宣布出来, 故选A。 announce宣布。 advertise做广告。 reveal揭露。
单选题 【A14】________
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】动词词义辨析题。 句意: 并称呼自己为理查三世。 call把……称作。 name命名, 取名。
单选题 【A15】________
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】逻辑关系题。 句意: 人们认为这是理查德下令谋杀的, 尽管这种说法一直没有得到证实。 通过分析前后两个短句, 可知两句之间为转折关系, although引导让步状语, 表转折, 故选D。