2014职称英语(理工类)15篇完形填空 ---个人整理背诵版.doc

第一篇 Captain Cook Arrow Legend It was a great legend while it lasted ,but DNA testing has (1) finally ended a two-century-old story of the Hawaiian arrow carved from the bone of British explorer Captain James Cook (2) who died in the Sandwich Islands ’ in1779. “ There is (3) no 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 that will not stop the museum from continuing to display the arrow in its (4) exhibition , “ Uncovered : Treasures of the Australian Museum, ” which (5) does include a feather cape presented to Cook by Hawaiian King Kalani ’opu ’u in1778. Cook was one of Britain ’s great explorers and is credited with (6) discovering the “ Great South Land , " (7) now Australia, in1 was clubbed to death in the Sandwich Islands , now Hawaii 。 The 1egend of Cook ’s arrow began in1824 (8) when 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 ’sbone after the fatal (9) fight with islanders. In the 1890s the arrow was given to the Australian Museum and the legend continued (10) until it came face=to-face with science. DNA testing by laboratories in Australia and New Zealand revealed the arrow was not made of Cook ’sbone but was more (11) likely made of animal bone 。 said Philp. However, Cook ’s fans (12) refuse to give uphope that one Cook legend will prove true and that part of his remains will still be they say there is evidence not a11 of Cook ’sbody was (13) buried at sea in1779. “ On this occasion technology has won" , ” said Cliff Thornton , president of the Captain Cook Society, ina (14) statement from Britain. “ But I am (15) sure that one of these days …one of the Cook legends will prove tobe true and it will happen one day. ’’库克船长弓箭的传说这本是个绝妙的传说,但 DNA 测试最终结束了这个长达两个世纪之久的古老故事。传说是关于一支据说是用 1779 年在桑伟奇群岛死去的英国探险家船长詹姆士库克的遗骨刻成的夏威