PART II CLOZE
Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Select the correct choice for each blank.
Today, the Tower of London is one of the most popular tourist (26)_____ and attracts over three million visitors a year. It was occasionally used as a Royal Palace for the Kings and Queens of England (27)_____ the time of James I who (28)_____ 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 (29)_____, spies shot, and Queens of England beheaded. One of the most famous executions was that of Anne Boleyn in 1526. She was the second wife of Henry VIII. He wanted to (30)_____ 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, (31)_____ the usual axe, which can still be seen in the Tower. The Tower was also the (32)_____ of one of Londons most famous mysteries. King Edward IV died in 1483. His elder son, Edward, became king (33)_____ his fathers death. Young Edward lived in the Tower, and the Duke of Gloucester, his protector, persuaded Edwards brother, Richard, to come and live there so that they could play together. But then the Duke (34)_____ that he was the new king, and he was crowned instead of the twelve-year-old Edward, (35)_____ himself Richard III. After that, the boys were seen less and less and (36)_____ disappeared. It is said that they were suffocated in bed by pillows being (37)_____ their mouths. It is believed that Richard III ordered their deaths, although it has never been (38)_____. In 1674, workmen at the Tower discovered two skeletons which were taken away and buried in Westminster Abbey in 1678. The (39)_____ were examined in 1933 and were declared to be those of two children, (40)_____ the age of the Princes.
26. A) seats B) scenes C) grounds D) sights
27. A) until B) by C) to D) at
28. A) reined B) reigned C) powered D) controlled
29. A) ruined B) destroyed C) tortured D) wounded
30. A) get away with B) get rid of C) get done with D) get down on
31. A) apart from B) besides C) together D) rather than
32. A) region B) scene C) place D) area
33. A) on B) at C) with D) by
34. A) revealed B) announced C) pronounced D) advertised
35. A) naming B) declaring C) calling D) giving
36. A) eventually B) later C) lastly D) completely
37. A) forced into B) squeezed forth C) pressed over D) put on
38. A) approved B) proved C) reproved D) disproved
39. A) remains B) corpses C) bones D) bodies
40. A) definitely B) roughly C) possibly D) certainly
PART III GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence.
41. All the television viewers chose her as their _____ actress.
A) favorable
B) favorite
C) favored
D) favoring
42. She pointed out that her wages _____ no relation to the amount of work she did.
A) held
B) yielded
C) offered
D) bore
43. His long beard is a _____ joke among his friends.
A) steady
B) standing
C) settled
D) stable
44. _____ her inexperience her failure to secure the contract was not surprising.
A) In view of
B) By virtue of
C) With regard to
D) In recognition of
45. Mr. White was told again and again to _____ smoking but he just wouldn't listen.
A) cut through
B) cut down
C) cut off
D) cut away
46. If this animal had escaped from its cage it could _____ have killed or hurt several people.
A) equally
B) both
C) well
D) severely
47. The president shook hands with everyone, without _____ of rank.
A) conviction
B) exposition
C) distinction
D) recognition
48. Sometimes they _____ their students' poor comprehension to a lack of intelligence.
A) attribute
B) assign
C) attach
D) associate
49. To _____ greater accuracy, all invoices will be double-checked before leaving the office.
A) assure
B) ensure
C) insure