2022年職稱英語考試完型填空試題訓(xùn)練(一)CaptainCookArrowLegend

Itwasagreatlegendwhileitlasted,butDNAtestinghas____1_____endedatwo-century-oldstoryoftheHawiianarrow箭頭carvedfromtheboneofBritishexplorerCaptainJamesCook___2___diedintheSandwichIslands1in1779.

“Thereis_____3____Cook2intheAustralianMuseum,”museumcollectionmanagerJudePhilipsaidnotlongagoinannouncingtheDNAevidencethatthearrowwasnotmadeofCook’sbone.Butthatwillnotstopthemuseumfromcontinuingtodisplaythearrowinits_____4___,“Uncovered:TreasuresoftheAustralianMuseum3,”which____5____includeafeathercapepresentedtoCookbyHawaiianKingKalani’opu’uin1778.

CookwasoneofBritain’sgreatexplorersandiscreditedwith____6____the“GreatSouthLand,”_____7_____Australia,in1770.Hewasclubbed棍打todeathintheSandwichIslands,nowHawaii.夏威夷,夏威夷島

ThelegendofCook’sarrowbeganin1824____8___HawaiianKingKamehamehaonhisdeathbed臨死所臥之床,臨終之時(shí)gavethearrowtoWilliamAdams,aLondonsurgeonandrelativeofCook’swife,sayingitwasmadeofCook’sboneafterthefatal____9____withislanders.

Inthe1890sthearrowwasgiventotheAustralianMuseumandthelegendcontinued____10_____itcameface-to-facewithscience.

DNAtestingbylaboratoriesinAustraliaandNewZealandrevealedthearrowwasnotmadeofCook’sbonebutwasmore_____11____madeofanimalbone,saidPhilp.

However,Cook’sfans____12___togiveuphopethatoneCooklegendwillprovetrueandthatpartofhisremainswillstillbeuncovered,astheysaythereisevidencenotallofCook’sbodywas___13___atseain1779.“Onthisoccasiontechnologyhaswon,4”saidCliffThornton,presidentoftheCaptainCookSociety,ina____14_____fromBritain.“ButIam____15___thatoneofthesedays…oneoftheCooklegendswillprovetobetrueanditwillhappenoneday.”

1.A)finallyB)firstlyC)latelyD)usually

2.A)whoseB)whoC)whichD)what

3.A)someB)noneC)neitherD)no

4.A)cinemaB)exhibitionC)shopD)market

5.A)mustB)didC)hastoD)does

6.A)discoveringB)visitingC)travelingD)using

7.A)thenB)nowC)pastD)previously

8.A)howB)whereC)whenD)that

9.A)conversationB)fightC)mealD)dance

10.A)howeverB)untilC)afterD)whenever

11.A)helpfullyB)usefullyC)likelyD)readily

12.A)refuseB)returnC)regainD)reply

13.A)collectedB)washedC)storedD)buried

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