单选题 Today, the Tower of London is one of the most popular tourist 1 and attracts over three million visitors a year.
It was originally 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 best known as a prison and 4 place Tower. Within the walls of the Tower, princes have been murdered, traitors 5 , spies shot, and Queens of England 6 . One of the most famous executions was that of Anne Boleyn in 1536. She was the second wife of Henry Ⅷ. He wanted to 7 her because she could not give him a son, so he 8 her of adultery. She was tried and found guilty. She asked to be beheaded with a sword, 9 the usual axe, which can still be seen in the Tower.
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, his protector, persuaded Edward"s brother, Richard, to come and live there so that they could play together. But then the Duke 12 that he was the new king, and he was crowned 13 the twelve-year-old Edward, 14 himself Richard Ⅲ. After that, the boys were seen less and less and 15 disappeared. It is said that they were suffocated in bed by pillows being 16 their mouths. It is believed that Richard Ⅲ 17 their deaths, although it has never been 18 . In 1674, workmen at the Tower discovered two skeletons 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.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 名词词义辨析。根据空格后的visitors(游客)判定，此处是应是tourist sights，意为“旅游景点”。故答案为D。scenes“场面；出事地点”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 介词词义辨析。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)，可知伦敦塔在以前被用作王宫。until意为“在……以前”，符合语义。故答案为A。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 形近词辨析。选项A和B中的动词均以re-开头，但词义不同。reign“统治，支配；当政”；rein“控制；驾驭”；power为不及物动词，意为“靠动力前进”。此处是指“James I 统治英国”。故答案为A。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 形近词辨析。选项中的名词均以ex-开头，但词义不同extermination“消灭；根绝”；excursion“离题；游览”；exhaustion“枯竭；耗尽”；execution“完成；死刑”。根据空格前prison提供的语境和下文executions的重现，只有execution符合要求。故答案为D。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词义辨析。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。选项中，只有torture(折磨；拷问)符合语义。故答案为C。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词义辨析。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。选项中，只有beheaded(砍头)符合语境，且下文有beheaded的复现。故答案为C。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 词组辨析。根据下文she could not give him a son的提示，空格应填入get rid of，意为“杀死她”。故答案为B。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 固定搭配。accuse sb. of sth. 指控某人干某事，为固定搭配。此处意为“亨利八世控告他的妻子与人私通”。故答案为B。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 副词词义辨析。rather than“而不是”；apart from“除……之外”；besides“除……之外”；together with“连同”。a sword与the usual axe为表示相反意思的词组，因此rather than符合语义。故答案为D。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 名词词义辨析。选项中的scene意为“事情发生的地点”，指特定的地点。spot景点；place泛指地点；view目中所望见的景色。根据句意：伦敦塔也是伦敦著名的一起神秘事件的出事地点。scene符合语义。故答案为B。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 固定搭配。on one"s death为固定的搭配，意为“在某人死后”。故答案为A。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词义辨析。he was the new king这则消息应该是被宣布出来。选项中，announced(宣布)符合语义。故答案为B。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 词组辨析。instead of意为“替代”，指的是Duke取代了前任国王。故答案为A。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 固定搭配。“称……为……”的表达用动词call，意为“称自己为理查德三世”。故答案为C。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 副词词义辨析。根据原文中的less and less and...判断，此处是逐渐变化的过程，应该用eventually，意为“最终地”。故答案为A。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 固定搭配。press sth. over mouths，意为“把……压在某人的嘴上”，为固定搭配。故答案为C。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 语法知识。根据原文中的It is believed that...结构判定后面句子的内容发生在过去，应用过去时。故答案为C。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词义辨析。although表转折，指的是前面的说法没有得到证实。选项中，proved意为“证实”。故答案为B。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 名词词义辨析。bone“尸骨”，其他三个选项均指“尸体”。根据上下文推理，尸体早已尽腐烂，只剩下尸骨了。故答案为C。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 副词词义辨析。two children很有可能就是the Princes，也就是“尸骨与其年龄大致与两位王子的岁数吻合”。选项中，roughly意为“粗糙地；概略地”符合语义。故答案为B。