WestminsterAbbey，thegothicchurch，standsintheheartofmodernLondonoverlookingtheRiverThamesandHousesofParliament．Itstartedasasmallmonastery（修道院），（33）___（found）intheyear960byKingEdgar，butsoonbeca

　　Westminster Abbey，the gothic church，stands in the heart of modern London overlooking the River Thames and Houses of Parliament．It started as a small monastery（修道院），（33）___ （found） in the year 960by King Edgar，but soon became one of the most important churches in the kingdom．

　　King Edgar was the first monarch（34）___ （bury） there in 1065．In the mid 13th Century，King Henry III decided to rebuild it as a great gothic cathedral to rival（与…相匹敌）（35）___ in France．

　　All monarchs have been crowned there（36）___ William the Conqueror in 1066，and many monarchs have married in the Abbey，（37）___（recently） Prince William and Catherine Middleton．

　　But Westminster Abbey isn't just about royalty．Many of the greatest people in British history are buried or commemorated there-artists，scientists，thinkers-there isn't even a"poet's corner"built up（38）___ the grave of 14th-century poet Geoffrey Chaucer．

　　Westminster Abbey tells the story of ordinary British people too．Parts of the Abbey were destroyed in booming raids（空袭）during World War II（39）___ services went on throughout the war．On May 8，1945，the V-E（Victory in Europe）Day，a thanksgiving service was held there．Westminster Abbey stood for courage and British spirit．

　　（40）___ you are not a Christian，it is impossible not to feel a sense of something otherworldly（超脱尘俗地） when you enter Westminster Abbey-and that goes for tourists，ordinary Londoners，or students getting ready for another Friday at school．