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 Islands1 in 1179.
“There is 3 Cook2 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 Cook’s bone. But that will not stop the museum from continuing to display the arrow in its 4 , “Uncovered: Treasures of the Australian Museum,3” which 5 include a feather cape presented to Cook by Hawaiian King Kalani’opu’u in 1778.
Cook was one of Britain’s great explorers and is credited with 6 the “Great South Land,” 7 Australia, in 1770. He was clubbed to death in the Sandwich Islands, now Hawaii.
The legend of Cook’s arrow began in 1824 8 Hawaiian King Kamehamcha on his deathbed gave the arrow to William Adams, a London surgeon and relative of Cook’s wife, saying it was made of Cook’s 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 Cook’s bone but was more 11 made of animal bone, said Philp.
However, Cook’s fans 12 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 all of Cook’s body was 13 at sea in 1779. “On this occasion technology has won,4” said Cliff Thornton, president of the Captain Cook Society,in a 14 from
Britain. “But I am 15 that one of these days … one of the Cook legends will prove to be true and it will happen one day.”
词汇: DNA n.脱氧核糖核酸 cape /keip/ n.斗篷 Hawaiian /hB:5waiiEn/ adj.夏威夷的 credit /5kredit/ v.把……归功于 uncovered /Qn5kQvEd/ adj.被发掘的 club /klQb/ v.用棍棒打注释:
1. Sandwich Islands:桑伟奇群岛,美国夏威夷群岛的旧称。
2.本句中的 Cook指 Cook的遗体部分,如遗骨等。 3. Uncovered:Treasures of the Australian Museum:考古发现:澳大利亚博物馆的宝藏。这是澳大利亚博物馆一个展览的名称。
4. On this occasion technology has won:在这个问题上,科技取得了胜利,这句话是指前一句中的 evidence是有科学根据的。练习:
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 travelling 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
答案与题解:
1. A第一段说 DNA鉴定的结论中止了流传二百年有关箭是用 Cook船长骨头制成的传说。根据这一层意思,选 finally是合适的。其他三个选项的词义都对不上号。
2. B Cook之后的从句是定语从句,替代 Cook的关系代词应该是 who。Whose也可替代 Cook,但是 whose是所有格,而定语从句中的关系代词用作主语,所以只能选 who。
3. D本段和其他有关段落都说到,澳大利亚博物馆没有用 Cook船长骨头制成的箭,所以本题只能选 no,不能选 some。None之后不能直接跟名词。 Neither一般与 nor成对连用。
4. B博物馆中不会把珍藏的 arrow陈列在 shop,market或 cinema,所以 exhibition是答案。
5. D does用在动向前表示强调 , does include的意思是“确实包括”。用 did不妥,因为主句的谓语用的是一般将来时 will not stop。 has to或 must也不妥,因为上下文的意思并没有要求用“必须” (must)或“不得不” (has to)。
6. A be credited with的意思是“把……归功于”,再联系到前面两次提到 Cook是伟大的 explorer,选项 A的 discovering是放恰当的选择。 Visiting,travelling和 using与 be credited with所表达的意思都搭不上。
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