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阅读下面的短文。短文中有十五个空白，在文章的后面，每一个空白都列了四个备选答案。 请根据文章的内容选择合适的词或短语填在空白处。 第一篇 CaptainCookArrow Legend It was a great legend while it lasted，but DNAtesting has __1__ endeda two-century-old story of the Hawaiian arrow carved from the bone of British explorer Captain James Cook__2__ died in theSandwichIslands’in1779. “There is__3__ CookintheAustralian Museum，’’museum collectionmanager JudePhilipsaid not long ago in announcing the DNAevidence 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 HawaiianKingKalani’opu’uin1778. Cookwasoneof Britain’sgreat explorers andis creditedwith__6__the“Great SouthLand，’’ __7__ Australia, in 1 770.He was clubbed to death in the Sandwich Islands，now HawaiiThe 1egendofCook’sarrow beganin1 824__8__Hawaiian KingKamehameha onhisdeathbedgave thearrow toWilliamAdams，aLondonsurgeon andrelativeof Cook’s wife，saying it was made ofCook’sboneafterthefatal__9__with islanders. In the 1890s the arrow was given to the Australian Museum and the legend continued __10__ it cameface=to-facewithscience. DNA testing by laboratories in Australia and New Zealand revealed the arrow was not made of Cook’sbonebutwasmore__11__madeofanimal bone。saidPhilp. However, Cook’s 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 Cook’s 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 thesedays…oneoftheCooklegends will provetobetrueandit will happenoneday.’’ 词汇： DNAn.脱氧核糖核酸 Hawaiianadj.夏威夷的 Uncoveredadj.被发掘的 capen.斗篷 creditv.把……归功于 clubv.用棍棒打 1.A. finallyB.firstly C.latelyD.usually 2.A. whoseB.whoC.whichD.what 3.A. someB.noneC.n