After Queen Eizabeth I died,James Sturt（）her and became James.

A．King James II

B．Queen Victoria

C．Queen Elizabeth I

D．Queen Anne

A．King Henry VIII of England

B．Queen Elizabeth II

C．King James VI of Scotland

D．King Charles I of England

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.

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A．seats

B．scenes

C．grounds

D．sights

llion 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 and 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【6】her because she could not give him a son, so he accused her of adultery. She was tried and found guilty. She asked to be beheaded with a sword【7】the usual, axe, which can still be seen in the Tower. The sword 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.【15】said that they were suffocated in bed by pillows being【16】their mouths. It is believed that Richard ordered their deaths,【17】it has never been proved. In 1674, workmen at the Tower discovered two【18】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.

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Mystery of the White Gardenia

Marsha Aron

Every year on my birthday , from the time I turned 12 , a white gardenia was delivered to my house in Bethesda , Md. No card or note came with it. Calls to the florist were always in vain 一 it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender' s identity and just delighted in the beauty and heady perfume of that´ one magical , perfect flower nestled in soft pick tissue paper.

But I never stopped imagining who the anonymous giver might be. Some of the happiest moments were spent daydreaming about someone wonderful and exciting but too shy or eccentric to make known his or her identity.

My mother contributed to these imaginings. She' d ask me if there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness who might be showing appreciation. Perhaps the

neighbor l' d helped when she was unloading a car full of groceries. Or maybe it was the old man across the street whose mail I retrieved during the winter so he wouldn't have to venture down his icy steps. As a teen-ager , though , i had more fun speculating that it might be a boy i had a crush on or one who had noticed me even though i didn´t know him.

When 1 was 17 , a boy broke my heart. The night he called for the last time , i cried myself to sleep. When i awoke in the morning , there was a message scribbled on my mirror in red lipstick: Heartily know , when half-gods go , the gods arrive. i thought about that

quotation by Emerson for a long time , and until my heart healed , i left it where my mother had written it. When i finally went to get the glass cleaner , my mother knew everything was all right again.

I don' t remember ever slamming my door in anger at her and shouting , "You just don' t understand!" because she did understand.

One month before my high-school graduation , my father died of a heart attack. My feelings ranged from grief to abandonment , fear and overwhelming anger that my dad was missing some of the most important events in my life. I became completely uninterested in my upcoming graduation , the senior class play and the prom. But my mother , in the midst of her own grief , would not hear of my skipping any of those things.

The day before my father died， my mother and i had gone shopping for a prom dress. We found a spectacular one , with yards and yards of doted swiss in red , white and blue , it made me feel like Scarlet 0' Hara ,

but it was the wrong size. When my father died iforgot about the dress.

My mother didn't . The day before the prom , i found that dress 一 in the right size - draped majestically over the living room sofa. It wasn't just delivered , still in the box. It was presented to me - beautifully , artistically , lovingly. i didn' t care if 1 had a new dress or no. But my mother did.

She wanted her children to feel loved and lovable , creative and imaginative , imbued with a sense that there was magic in the world and beauty even in the face of adversity. In truth. my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia 一 lovely ，strong ,

and perfect - with an aura of magic and perhaps a bit of mystery.

My mother died ten days after i was married. i was 22. That was the year the gardenias stopped coming.

26. When did the narrator discover the mystery of the white gardenias？ Why was the sender' s identity kept secret？

27. When and how did the father die？ How did the narrator feel at her father' s death？

28. What traits of the mother' s characters are highlighted in the story？ Cite examples from the story to support your answer.

29. What do you think of the title of the story？ What does the gardenia symbolize in the story？

参考答案：

26. The narrator got to know the truth when she was 22. It was her mother who sent her the flowers. She kept it a secret so that the daughter could have the self-knowledge of her own good deeds as she speculated about who the sender might be.

27. The father died of heart attack close to her graduation from high school. She felt sad , disappointed that her father would not experience the important events in her life.

28.a. The mother' s wisdom: She thought of a wise way to encourage kindness in her daughter: to send flowers secretly; or she wisely scribbled a quotation from Emerson on her daughter' s mirror instead of directly talking her teenage daughter into accepting the loss of her boyfriend.

b. Her strength in the face of adversities: she stood strong when her husband died.

29.It is a good / helpful title. The title tickles the reader' s curiosity. OR It' s not a good title. When we are told of the "mystery" in the title , our curiosity is destroyed. The gardenia is the essential symbol in the story , helping to bring about the theme of the story: mother' s love. The gardenia symbolizes the qualities that the mother hoped for her daughter , qualities such as magical (aura of magic , a bit of mystery) , loving , strong , perfect , etc.

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A、增译法

B、减译法

C、四字格套用法

A.Her mother was executed by her father because she could not produce a male heir.

B.She had lived a very miserable childhood at her father’s court.

C.She was imprisoned by her Queen sister in the Tower of London.

D.She is one of the most successful monarchs in British history.

Passage Three

For some time after the Spanish won Granada from the Moors, Spanish kings enjoyed visiting that delightful city. After many years, however, they were frightened away by a series of earthquakes, during which several houses fell to the ground, and the old towers shook to their foundations.

After that, many years passed without visits from royal guests. The noble palaces of Granada remained silent and closed, and that loveliest of palaces, the Alhambra, lay sadly alone with no one to care for its beautiful gardens. People no longer visited the tower where once three beautiful Moorish princesses had lived. Only birds and insects found their way to those tower rooms which had once been the home of the king's lovely daughters. Zayda, Zorayda, and Zorahayda. It was said that the spirit of the youthful princess Zorahayda, who had died in that tower, was often seen by moonlight, seated beside the fountain in the hall, or weeping beside the high stone wall. It was said that the music of her silver lute could be heard at midnight by travelers passing along the road.

After many years, the city of Granada was honored once again by royal guests. All the world knows that

King Philip V married Elizabeth or Isabella (for they are the same), the beautiful princess of Parma. For a visit of his famous couple, the Alhambra palace was repaired and made ready, with all possible speed, when the king and queen arrived with all the lords and ladies of their court, there was a great change in the lonely palace. Drums and roy- al music were heard, fine horses were ridden about the avenues and inner court, brightly colored flags again were flown above the ancient walls. Inside the palace, however, life was quiet and calm. There was the soft sound of long robes, and the careful steps and murmuring voices of those who respectfully served the king and queen. In the gardens there was soft music, and there was quiet talk among the young lords and ladies of the court.

44. According to the passage, which is not true during the earthquake？

A. Several houses fell to the ground.

B. The old tower shook to their foundations.

C. Spanish kings were frightened away.

D. Spanish won Granada.