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Captain Cook Arrow Legend It was a great lege

2022-08-06 13:49:17 问答库 阅读 179 次

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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 0f British explorer Captain James Cook______(2) died in the Sandwich Islands’ in l779.
“There is______(3)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______(4),“Uncovered:Treasures of the Australian Museum,”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 l 770.He was clubbed to death in the Sandwich Islands,now Hawaii
The legend of Cook’s arrow began in l824______(8)Hawaiian King Kamehameha 0n his deathbed gave the arrow t0 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 l890s 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 a1 l of Cook ’s body was______(13)at sea in 1779.“On this occasion technology has won",said Cliff Thornton,president of the Captain C00k 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.”
第 1 题
A.finally
B.firstly
C.1ately
D.usually 请帮忙给出正确答案和分析,谢谢!

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正确答案:A
借助搭配“..地已经结束了..”直接判断A(最终地)。

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