综合类考试：完形填空模拟Captain Cook
It was a great legend while it lasted， but DNA testing has ____1_____ ended a two-century-old story of the Hawiian arrow 箭头carved from the bone of British explorer Captain James Cook ___2___ died in the Sandwich Islands1 in 1779.
“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 Museum3，” 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棍打 to death in the Sandwich Islands， now Hawaii. 夏威夷， 夏威夷岛
The legend of Cook’s arrow began in 1824 ____8___ Hawaiian King Kamehameha on his deathbed临死所卧之床， 临终之时 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.”
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
NO.2Water
From the beginning， water has furnished供给 man with a source of food and a highway to travel upon. The first _______1_______ arose where water was a dominant element in the environment， a challenge to man’s ingenuity. The Egyptians invented the 365-day calendar日历， 历法 ____2_____ the Nile’s annual flooding. The Babylonians， who were among the most famous law-makers in ancient times， invented laws __3____ water usage. Water inspired the Chinese to build a 1，000-___4____ canal， a complex system which， after nearly 2，500 years， remains still practically __5____ and still commands the astonishment of engineers. But the _____6___ never found complete solutions to their water problems. The Yellow River is also known_____7_____ “China’s Sorrow”； it is so unpredictable and dangerous ____8____ in a single flood it has caused a million ____9____。 Floods slowed the great civilization of the Indus River Valley， and inadequate drainage ruined ___10_____ its land. Today water dominates _____11____as it always has done. Its presence continues to __12_____ the location of his homes and cities; its violent variability can __13___man or his herds or his crops; its routes links him__14____ his fellows; its immense value may ____15____ to already dangerous political conflicts. There are many examples of this in our own time.
1. A) governments B) cultures C) civilizations D)universities
2. A) in regard to B) in response to C) in case D)in spite of
3. A) regulates B)regulate C)regulated D) regulating
4. A) miles B) mile C) mile’s D) miles’
5. A) in use B) for use C) by use D) on use
6. A)villagers B) ancients C) farmers D) merchants
7. A) for B) by C) to D) as
8. A) that B) when C) because D) which
9. A) injuries B) deaths C) damages D ruins
10. A) a number of B) a couple of C) many of D) much of
11. A) woman B) women C) man D) men
12. A) govern B) control C) lead D)influence
13. A) move B) violate C) kill D) disappear
14. A) by B) on C) and D) to
15. A) increase B) add C) expand D) extend