2014年职称英语考试理工类完形填空模拟试题及答案(7)

　We got up early this morning and __1__ a long walk after breakfast. We walked through the business section of the city. I told you yesterday that the city was larger__2__ I thought it would be. __3__ the business section is smaller than I thought it would be. I suppose thats__4__ Washington is a special kind of city. __5__the people in Washington work for the government. A bout 9:30 we went to the White House. Its__6__ to the public from 10 till12, and there was a long line of people waiting to get in. We didnt have to wait very long, because the line moved __7__quickly.　　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 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

参考答案：

　　1. A. 分析：借助搭配地已经结束了直接判断A（最终地）

　　2.B.分析：考察定语从句，从句需要主语，且该主语指代Captain James Cook，所以B合适。

　　3 D. 分析：考察否定副词。借助搭配特点空格后直接出现了名词，所以D是答案（no否定名词）

　　4. B. 分析：借助句子中的相关词语museum（博物馆）display（陈列）直接猜测答案为B（展览会）

　　5. D. 分析：借助上文时态一般将来时，及与空格处的搭配结构考古发现：澳大利亚博物馆的宝藏包括直接判断D为答案该题考点：上下文时态和定语从句。

　　6. A.分析：借助句子中出现的词语：explorers （探险家）Great South Land，判断A（发现）是答案。

　　7. B.分析：该题考察插入语结构（插入语结构往往是对前面的名词/代词进行描述，或补充说明，该结构往往以定语（定语从句），状语（状语从句），或同位语的语法结构形式出现）

　　8. C.分析：空格前出现典型时间词1824，空格后是句子，所以直接判断when 可能是答案。 考察：定语从句结构。

　　9. B. 分析：该题考察上下文内容的呼应：前面出现被棍棒打死，所以这里选择B（打仗）最合适。

　　10. B.分析：借助空格所在结构的特点和搭配结构含义（持续到）直接判断答案B（直到）。

　　11. C.分析：分析：根据空格相关结构含义（不是由cook的骨头制成，而是更是由动物的骨头制成）判断C是答案。

　　15.C.分析：借助语感（I am sure）直接猜测答案。