2017年職稱英語(yǔ)理工類C級(jí)輔導(dǎo)練習(xí)題(4)
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.”
詞匯: DNA n.脫氧核糖核酸 cape /keip/ n.斗篷 Hawaiian /hB:5waiiEn/ adj.夏威夷的 credit /5kredit/ v.把……歸功于 uncovered /Qn5kQvEd/ adj.被發(fā)掘的 club /klQb/ v.用棍棒打注釋：
1. Sandwich Islands：桑偉奇群島，美國(guó)夏威夷群島的舊稱。
2.本句中的 Cook指 Cook的遺體部分，如遺骨等。 3. Uncovered：Treasures of the Australian Museum：考古發(fā)現(xiàn)：澳大利亞博物館的寶藏。這是澳大利亞博物館一個(gè)展覽的名稱。
4. On this occasion technology has won：在這個(gè)問(wèn)題上，科技取得了勝利，這句話是指前一句中的 evidence是有科學(xué)根據(jù)的。練習(xí)：
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(shuō) DNA鑒定的結(jié)論中止了流傳二百年有關(guān)箭是用 Cook船長(zhǎng)骨頭制成的傳說(shuō)。根據(jù)這一層意思，選 finally是合適的。其他三個(gè)選項(xiàng)的詞義都對(duì)不上號(hào)。
2. B Cook之后的從句是定語(yǔ)從句，替代 Cook的關(guān)系代詞應(yīng)該是 who。Whose也可替代 Cook，但是 whose是所有格，而定語(yǔ)從句中的關(guān)系代詞用作主語(yǔ)，所以只能選 who。
3. D本段和其他有關(guān)段落都說(shuō)到，澳大利亞博物館沒(méi)有用 Cook船長(zhǎng)骨頭制成的箭，所以本題只能選 no，不能選 some。None之后不能直接跟名詞。 Neither一般與 nor成對(duì)連用。
4. B博物館中不會(huì)把珍藏的 arrow陳列在 shop，market或 cinema，所以 exhibition是答案。
5. D does用在動(dòng)向前表示強(qiáng)調(diào) , does include的意思是“確實(shí)包括”。用 did不妥，因?yàn)橹骶涞闹^語(yǔ)用的是一般將來(lái)時(shí) will not stop。 has to或 must也不妥，因?yàn)樯舷挛牡囊馑疾](méi)有要求用“必須” (must)或“不得不” (has to)。
6. A be credited with的意思是“把……歸功于”，再聯(lián)系到前面兩次提到 Cook是偉大的 explorer，選項(xiàng) A的 discovering是放恰當(dāng)?shù)倪x擇。 Visiting，travelling和 using與 be credited with所表達(dá)的意思都搭不上。