We got up early this morning and __1__ a long walk after breakfast. We walked through the business section of the city. I told you yesterday that the city was larger__2__ I thought it would be. __3__ the business section is smaller than I thought it would be. I suppose that's__4__ Washington is a special kind of city. __5__the people in Washington work for the government. A bout 9:30 we went to the White House. It's__6__ to the public from 10 till12, and there was a long line of people waiting to get in. We didn't have to wait very long, because the line moved __7__quickly.　　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 Islands‘in 1779.

　　“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 1 770.He was clubbed to death in the Sandwich Islands，now HawaiiThe 1egend of Cook’s arrow began in 1 824 __8__ 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’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 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 __ 1 2 __ 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 a11 of Cook’s body was __1 3 __ at sea in 1 779.“On this occasion technology has won"，”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.‘’

　　词汇：

　　DNA n.脱氧核糖核酸

　　Hawaiian adj.夏威夷的

　　Uncovered adj.被发掘的

　　cape n.斗篷

　　credit v.把……归功于

　　club v.用棍棒打

　　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. traveling 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

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