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1、Forover900years,theTowerofLondonhasservedasaloyal__1__ palaceandfortress.Today,it’sfamousforitsbloodyhistoryand forbeingtheplacewheretheCrownJewelsarekept.Butithasserved forotherpurposes,too.Ithasbeentheroyalarsenal,royalmint,__2__ royalobservatoryore
2、ventheroyalzoo.ThesiteoftheTowerwas__3__ originallypartoftheRomancityofLondinium. But,in1066,aforeignerfromnorthwestFrancebecameKingWilliam__4__ ofBritain,heorderedthatawoodencastlebuiltonthebanksof__5__ theriverThames.Thepurposeofthisfortresswastohel
3、psecure London,themostimportantcityinhisviewrealm.Tenyearslater, Williamhadthefortressrebuildinstone,andcreatedagreat__6__ fortifiedpalacewithwallsthreemetrethick.Today,thisbuilding__7__ isknownastheWhiteTower,anditstandsinthecentreofamuch largerston
4、efortress,whichwasbuiltduringlatercenturies.The Towernowcoverstheareaofsevenhectares,anditstandsnearthe__8__ busyfinancialdistrictofthecapital.But,onceinsidethehighstone walls,it’seasytoforgetthemodernworldoutsideandtotakea tripbackthroughhistory.Tohe
5、lpvisitorsexplore,therearespecial ceremonialguards,calledYeomanWarders.Theyarealsoknownas Beefeaters,andtheyarethebestresourceofinformationaboutthe__9__ Tower’shistory.Nearly40YeomanliveandworkintheTower. Theyareformersoldierswhoearnedtheprivilegeofse
6、rvingas__10__ Yeomanafterlongservice. 答案及解析: 1.loyal--royal loyal和royal两个词形似容易混淆，前者是“忠实的”，后者是“皇家的，王室的”。 2.for--/ servethepurpose的意思是“适用，有……的用途”，不需要介词for。如： Idon’treallythinkthatthispieceoffurnitureservesanyusefulpurpose. 3.or--and theroyalzoo和前
7、面的theroyalarsenal,royalmint,royalobservatory都是并列项，所以在最后一项之前应该用and。 4.But^--when;^a--when 原句其实有两个分句，aforeignerfromnorthwestFrancebecameKingWilliamofBritain和heorderedthatawoodencastlebuiltonthebanksoftheriverThames,两个分句之间缺少了连词连接。根据逻辑关系，这里应该用表示时间的连接词when。
8、 5.^built--be 动词order后面的that从句可以是be型虚拟语气，也可以是情态助动词should。所以可以说orderthatacastleshouldbebuilt或者orderthatacastlebebulit。在后一种表达中，表被动的助动词be不能省略。 6.rebuild--rebuilt 这里出现的词组应该是havesomethingdone，意思是要求别人做某事。 7.metre--met
