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第1篇 Captain Cook Arrow Legend?It was a great legend while it lasted，but DNA testing has (1) finallyended a two-century-old story of the Hawaiian arrow carved from the bone of British explorer Captain James Cook(2) whodied in the Sandwich Islands’in 1779.“There is (3) noCook 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’Sbone.But that will not stop the museum from continuing to display the arrow in its(4) exhibition，“Uncovered：Treasures of the Australian Museum,” which(5) doesinclude 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) discoveringthe“Great South Land，(7) nowAustralia, in 1 770.He was clubbed to death in the Sandwich Islands，now Hawaii。The 1egend of Cook’s arrow began in 1824 (8) whenHawaiian 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(9) fightwith islanders.In the 1890s the arrow was given to the AustralianMuseum and the legend continued (10) untilit 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) likely?made of animal bone。said Philp.However, Cook’s fans (12) refuseto 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 a11 of Cook’s body was (13) buried at sea in 1 779.“On this occasion technology has won，”said Cliff Thornton，president of the Captain Cook Society, in a (14) statementfrom Britain.“But I am (15) sure?that one of these days…one of the Cook legends will prove to be true and it will happen one day.’’第2篇 Avalanche and Its SafetyAn avalanche is a sudden and rapid flow of snow, often mixed with air and water, down a mountainside. Avalanches are (1)amongthe