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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 Islands in 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 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,” 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 Kamehameha 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,” 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.”

　　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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