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.”
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
答案與題解：
1. A第一段說 DNA鑑定的結論中止了流傳二百年有關箭是用 Cook船長骨頭製成的傳說。根據這一層意思，選 finally是合適的。其他三個選項的詞義都對不上號。
2. B Cook之後的從句是定語從句，替代 Cook的關係代詞應該是 who。Whose也可替代 Cook，但是 whose是所有格，而定語從句中的關係代詞用作主語，所以只能選 who。
3. D本段和其他有關段落都說到，澳大利亞博物館沒有用 Cook船長骨頭製成的箭，所以本題只能選 no，不能選 some。None之後不能直接跟名詞。 Neither一般與 nor成對連用。
4. B博物館中不會把珍藏的 arrow陳列在 shop，market或 cinema，所以 exhibition是答案。
5. D does用在動向前表示強調 , does include的意思是“確實包括”。用 did不妥，因為主句的謂語用的是一般將來時 will not stop。 has to或 must也不妥，因為上下文的意思並沒有要求用“必須” (must)或“不得不” (has to)。
6. A be credited with的意思是“把……歸功於”，再聯絡到前面兩次提到 Cook是偉大的 explorer，選項 A的 discovering是放恰當的選擇。 Visiting，travelling和 using與 be credited with所表達的意思都搭不上。
7. B 從上下文判斷， Cook發現的是當時稱為 Great South Land，現在稱為 Australia的那塊大陸。 now是答案。注意，下句中桑偉奇群島，現稱夏威夷群島，也用 now。then(當時)、past(過去的)或 previously(以前)意思與上下文表達的意思連線不上。
8. C 1824之後的定語從句是修飾表達時間概念 1824的，所以連線詞要用關係副詞 when。
9. B第三段提到 Cook是給亂棍打死的 (He was clubbed to death …)，所以選擇 fight是很自然的.。
10. B第五段主要的意思是“有關……的傳說繼續到……為止”，所以合適的選擇是 until。
11. C本段表明 DNA鑑定的結論是：這支箭不是用 Cook的骨頭製成的，接下去的意思是，這支箭很可能是用動物的骨頭製成的。而 more likely是“很可能”的意思。其他三個選項的詞義與本句表達的意思不匹配。
12. A 從上下文判斷，只有選 refuse才符合原意。從語法上判斷， refuse後面可接動詞不定式。其他三個選項的同義與句子表達的意思不符。
13. D was buried at sea是“葬身海中”的意思。其他三個選項的詞義與句子表達的意思不符。
14. A 本題從語義上只能選 statement(宣告)。其他三個選項，即 suggestion(建議)、proposal(提議)與 guess (猜測)表達的意思與語境不符。
15. C本題要選 sure，表示 Cliff Thornton對 sure後面的 that從句表達的將要發生的事有信心，而 safe，weak或 lucky的詞義與句子表達的意思不符。
