北京第二外国语学院英语(2013).pdfVIP

北京第二外国语学院 2013 年二外英语考研真题 I. Cloze (15 points / 1 point each) 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 1 and attracts over 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 mad 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 get rid of her because she could not give him a son, so he accused her 6 adultery. She was tried and found guilty. She asked to be beheaded with a sward. 7 the usual axe, which can still be seen in the Tower. The sward 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. It is said that they were suffocated in bed by pillows bei