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2013年职称英语考试理工类冲刺试卷及答案(5)

2013-03-20来源:和谐英语

　　第6部分：完形填空(第51～65题，每题1分，共15分)

　　下面的短文有15处空白，请根据短文内容为每处空白确定1个最佳选项。

Captain Cook Arrow Legend

　　It was a great legend while it lasted, but DNA testing has ______(51) ended a two-century-old story of the Hawaiian arrow carved (雕刻的) from the bone of British explorer Captain James Cook______(52) died in the Sandwich Islands in 1779.

　　“There is ______(53) 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______(54), “Uncovered: Treasures of the Australian Museum,” which ______(55) 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______(56) the “Great South Land,” ______(57) Australia, in 1770. He was clubbed (棍打) to death in the Sandwich Islands，now Hawaii.

　　The 1egend of Cook’s arrow began in 1824 ______(58) 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 (致命的) ______(59) with islanders.

　　In the 1890s the arrow was given to the Australian Museum and the legend continued ______(60) 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 ______(61) made of animal bone, said Philp.

　　However, Cook’s fans ______ (62) 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 ______(63) at sea in 1779. “On this occasion technology has won,” said Cliff Thornton, president of the Captain Cook Society, in a ______(64) from Britain. “But I am ______(65) that one of these days … one of the Cook legends will prove to be true and it will happen one day.”

　　51. A. finally B. firstly C. lately D. usually

　　52. A. whose B. who C. which D. what

　　53. A. some B. none C. neither D. no

　　54. A. cinema B. exhibition C. shop D. market

　　55. A. must B. did C. has to D. does

　　56. A. discovering B. visiting C. traveling D. using

　　57. A. then B. now C. past D. previously

　　58. A. how B. where C. when D. that

　　59. A. conversation B. fight C. meal D. dance

　　60. A. however B. until C. after D. whenever

　　61. A. helpfully B. usefully C. likely D. readily

　　62. A. refuse B. return C. regain D. reply