2023年職稱英語理工類完形填空備考必備提高練習

　　It was a great legend while it lasted, but DNA testing has ____1_____ ended a two-century-old story of the Hawiian arrow 箭頭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 Cooks 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 Kalaniopuu in 1778.

　　Cook was one of Britains 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, 夏威夷島

　　The legend of Cooks arrow began in 1824 ____8___ Hawaiian King Kamehameha on his deathbed臨死所臥之床, 臨終之時 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 ____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 Cooks 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 daysone 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

　　It was a great legend while it lasted, but DNA testing has ____1_____ ended a two-century-old story of the Hawiian arrow 箭頭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 Cooks 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 Kalaniopuu in 1778.

　　Cook was one of Britains 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, 夏威夷島

　　The legend of Cooks arrow began in 1824 ____8___ Hawaiian King Kamehameha on his deathbed臨死所臥之床, 臨終之時 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 ____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 Cooks 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 daysone 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