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 Hawaii
The 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.
词汇:
DNA n.脱氧核糖核酸
Hawaiian adj.夏威夷的
Uncovered adj.被发掘的
cape n.斗篷
credit v.把归功于
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
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