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Today, the Tower of London is one of the most popular tourist【C1】______ and
Today, the Tower of London is one of the most popular tourist【C1】______ and
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2023-11-13
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Today, the Tower of London is one of the most popular tourist【C1】______ and attracts over three million visitors a year. It was occasionally used as a royal palace for the Kings and Queens of England【C2】______ the time of James I, who【C3】______ from 1603 to 1625, but is best known as a prison and execution place. Within the walls of the tower, princes have been murdered, traitors【C4】______ spies shot, and queens of England beheaded. One of the most famous【C5】______ was that of Anne Boleyn in 1536. She was the second wife of Henry Ⅷ. He wanted to【C6】______ her because she could not give him a son, so he【C7】______ her of adultery. She was tried and found guilty. She asked to be beheaded with a sword,【C8】______ the usual axe, which can still be seen in the tower.
The tower was also the 【C9】______ of one of London’s most famous mysteries. King Edward Ⅳ died in 1483. His elder son, Edward, became king【C10】______ his father’s death. Young Edward lived in the Tower, and the Duke of Gloucester, his protector,【C11】______ Edward’s brother, Richard, to come and live there so that they could play together.【C12】______ then the Duke【C13】______ that he was the new king, and he was crowned 【C14】______ the twelve-year-old Edward,【C15】______ himself Richard Ⅲ.
After that, the boys were seen less and less and【C16】______ disappeared. It is said that they were suffocated in bed by pillows being【C17】______ their mouths. It is believed that Richard Ⅲ ordered their deaths, although it has never been【C18】______ In 1674, workmen at the tower discovered two skeletons, which were taken away and buried in Westminster Abbey in 1678. The【C19】______ were examined in 1933 and were declared to be those of two children,【C20】______ the age of the Princes. [br] 【C4】
选项
A、ruined
B、destroyed
C、tortured
D、wounded
答案
C
解析
torture拷问,拷打。
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