Westminster and the Houses of Parliament

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Westminster and the Houses of Parliament
The Palace of Westminster, as it used to be called, is one of
the oldest buildings in London. It’s now the centre of British politics*.
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at • on • place • out
on • at • about • after
place • on • up • around
down • up • up • around
up • on • away • down
How Did it All Come (1) ............................. About ?
In 1014 the Anglo-Saxons and the Norwegian Vikings sailed (2) .............................
the River Thames. Danish Vikings stood (3) ............................. London Bridge and
threw spears* and stones (4) ............................. them, but the Norwegians pulled
(5) ............................. roofs from houses to protect their boats. They used ropes to
pull the bridge down. Finally, after many battles, a fierce Danish warrior* called
Canute became King of England in 1016. He called (6) ............................. everyone to
live in peace. After he died, King Edward the Confessor carried (7) .............................
with his good work and built London’s first great building*: Westminster Abbey.
An earlier church (St Peter’s) stood (8) ............................. the site* before. While the
new Abbey was going (9) ............................. , Edward could look (10) .............................
it from his home – the Palace of Westminster which was nearby. Sadly, he passed
(11) ............................. a week after the Abbey was finished.
Re-building the Abbey
200 years later, Henry III pulled it (12) ............................. and built a new abbey. Monks
looked (13) ............................. the farmland around it and grew herbs* (for medicine).
You can still go (14) ............................. the 900-year-old Abbey garden.
Every king or queen since William the Conqueror (1066) has been crowned in the
Abbey. The last royal coronation* took (15) ............................. in 1953. Lots of kings,
queens and other famous people are buried there too. When Henry V died, his
battle horses were led (16) ............................. to the altar* with his body. Visitors can
walk (17) ............................. the Abbey when there are no church services and can see
the memorials put (18) ............................. to people like Shakespeare and Chaucer.
The Houses of Parliament
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Royal Christmas feasts*, coronation banquets and trials* have taken (19) ..........................
feast
in Westminster Hall which is the oldest part of the palace still remaining. In 1834 a
terrible fire wiped (20) ............................. a lot of the old palace. It was rebuilt, and
trial
contains 1,000 rooms. It contains the House of Commons (the main parliament) and
the House of Lords where people with noble titles (Lord, Lady, Sir, etc) discuss laws
suggested by Members of Parliament in the House of Commons.
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