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