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　　Captain Cook Arrow Legend

　　It was a great legend while it lasted，but DNA testing has __1__ ended a two-century-old story of the Hawaiian arrow carved from the bone of British explorer Captain James Cook__2__ died in the Sandwich Islandsin 1779.

　　There is __3__ Cook in the Australian Museum，museum collection manager Jude Philip said not long ago in announcing the DNA evidence that the arrow was not made of CookS bone.But that will not stop the museum from continuing to display the arrow in its__4__，Uncovered：Treasures of the Australian Museum, which__5__include a feather cape presented to Cook by Hawaiian King Kalaniopuu in 1778.

　　Cook was one of Britains great explorers and is credited with__6__ theGreat South Land，__7__ Australia, in 1 770.He was clubbed to death in the Sandwich Islands，now HawaiiThe 1egend of Cooks arrow began in 1 824 __8__ Hawaiian King Kamehameha on his deathbed gave the arrow to William Adams，a London surgeon and relative of Cooks wife，saying it was made of Cooks bone after the fatal__9 __ with islanders.

　　In the 1890s the arrow was given to the Australian Museum and the legend continued __10__ it came face=to-face with science.

　　DNA testing by laboratories in Australia and New Zealand revealed the arrow was not made of Cooks bone but was more __11__ made of animal bone。said Philp.

　　However, Cooks fans __ 1 2 __ to give up hope that one Cook legend will prove true and that part of his remains will still be uncovered.as they say there is evidence not a11 of Cooks body was __1 3 __ at sea in 1 779.On this occasion technology has won，said Cliff Thornton，president of the Captain Cook Society, in a __14__ from Britain.But I am __15__ that one of these daysone of the Cook legends will prove to be true and it will happen one day.

　　詞匯：

　　DNA n.脫氧核糖核酸

　　Hawaiian adj.夏威夷的

　　Uncovered adj.被發(fā)掘的

　　cape n.斗篷

　　credit v.把歸功于

　　club v.用棍棒打

　　1. A. finally B. firstly C. lately D. usually

　　2. A. whose B. who C. which D. what

　　3. A. some B. none C. neither D. no

　　4. A. cinema B. exhibition C. shop D. market

　　5. A. must B. did C. has to D. does

　　6. A. discovering B. visiting C. traveling D. using

　　7. A. then B. now C. past D. previously

　　8. A. how B. where C. when D. that

　　9. A. conversation B. fight C. meal D. dance

　　10. A. however B. until C. after D. whenever

　　11. A. helpfully B. usefully C. likely D. readily

　　12. A. refuse B. return C. regain D. reply

　　13. A. collected B. washed C. stored D. buried

　　14. A. statement B. suggestion C. proposal D. guess

　　15. A. safe B. weak C. sure D. lucky

　　參考答案:

　　1. A. 分析：借助搭配..地已經結束了..直接判斷A

　　2.B.分析：考察定語從句，從句需要主語，且該主語指代Captain James Cook，所以B合適。

　　3 D。分析：考察否定副詞。借助搭配特點空格后直接出現(xiàn)了名詞，所以D是答案

　　4. B. 分析：借助句子中的相關詞語museum..display直接猜測答案為B

　　5. D. 分析：借助上文時態(tài)一般將來時，及與空格處的搭配結構考古發(fā)現(xiàn)：澳大利亞博物館的寶藏包括..直接判斷D為答案該題考點：上下文時態(tài)和定語從句。

　　6. A。分析：借助句子中出現(xiàn)的詞語：explorers Great South Land，判斷A是答案。

　　7. B。分析：該題考察插入語結構，狀語，或同位語的語法結構形式出現(xiàn))

　　8. C.分析：空格前出現(xiàn)典型時間詞1824，空格后是句子，所以直接判斷when 可能是答案。考察：定語從句結構。

　　9. B. 分析：該題考察上下文內容的呼應：前面出現(xiàn)被棍棒打死，所以這里選擇B最合適。

　　10. B.分析：借助空格所在結構的特點和搭配結構含義直接判斷答案B。

　　11. C.分析：分析：根據(jù)空格相關結構含義判斷C是答案。

　　12.A. 分析：直接借助搭配結構特點判斷A是答案。

　　13.D.分析：借助上文句意和該句句意判斷D是答案。

　　14.A.分析：借助被選項的關系：suggestion和 proposal是近義詞，且用法接近，所以相互排除掉，比較A和D，判斷A聲明)正確。

　　15.C.分析：借助語感直接猜測答案。