The Tower of London is infamous as a place of execution, but for six hundred years people (1) visit the Tower and (2) their appreciation of the hundreds of exotic animals in the Royal Menagerie.
(3) in 1235 with a royal gift of leopards to King Henry III, it was the longest continuous (4) zoo in the world. It housed the first African elephant in Britain since Roman times, and Edward I had a tower specially (5) to put his collection of lions in. A polar bear (6) to swim in the Thames on a long lead, and King James 1 (7) dogs, bears and bulls to fight (8) the lions. During the eighteenth century, visitors were given (9) to feed their pet cat or dog to the lions instead of (10) an admission fee.
Eventually, with the abolition of slavery, people began to think about cruelty to animals, and in 1822 Parliament passed a law to (11) cruelty to horses and cattle. In 1824, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded, and soon after the Royal Menagerie was (12) to close down. Some of the animals went to the (13) opened Regent's Park Zoo, where they were properly looked after, and the (14) were sold off to an American showman. It was the end of an era, not just for the Tower of London, but also for the way people thought about animals and how they (15) for them.

1 A may .................. B could ................... C must .............. D ought
2 A give .................. B offer ..................... C show ............. D pay
3 A Commenced ... B Undertaken ......... C Arrived ......... D Begun
4 A running ............. B performing .......... C conducting ... D demonstrating
5 A formed ............. B built ...................... C settled .......... D struck
6 A was used ......... B used .................... C forced ........... D allowed
7 A attracted .......... B let ......................... C allowed ......... D make
8 A without ............. B for ......................... C against ......... D into
9 A allowance ........ B reason .................. C assistance ... D permission
10 A paying ............ B having .................. C executing .......D taking
11 A cause ............. B achieve ................ C reach ............. D ban
12 A forced ............. B forbidden ............. C brought ......... D turned
13 A freshly ............. B newly .................... C lately ............. D currently
14 A remnant .......... B rest ....................... C remains ........ D residue
15 A helped ............ B assisted ............... C worried ......... D cared