6. A. discovering     B.    visiting    C.    traveling        D. using
7. A. then              B.    now         C.  past            D. previously
Cook was one of Britain’s great explorers and is credited with__6__ the“Great South Land，” __7__ Australia, in 1770．来源：考试大

6． A。分析：借助句子中出现的词语：explorers （探险家）…Great South Land，判断A（发现）是答案。
7． B。分析：该题考察插入语结构（插入语结构往往是对前面的名词/代词进行描述，或补充说明，该结构往往以定语（定语从句），状语（状语从句），或同位语的语法结构形式出现）来源：考试大
now Australia = which is now Australia
He was clubbed to death in the Sandwich Islands，now Hawaii
 
8. A. how               B.    where       C.  when            D. that
9. A. conversation        B.    fight       C.  meal            D. dance
The 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．

8. C.分析：空格前出现典型时间词1824，空格后是句子，所以直接判断when 可能是答案。 考察：定语从句结构。来源：考试大
9. B. 分析：该题考察上下文内容的呼应：前面出现“被棍棒打死”，所以这里选择B（打仗）最合适。
 
10. A. however            B.    until       C.  after            D. whenever
In the 1890s the arrow was given to the Australian Museum and the legend continued __10__ it came face-to-face with science．来源：考试大

10. B.分析：借助空格所在结构的特点和搭配结构含义（持续到..）直接判断答案B（直到）。
 
11. A.    helpfully        B.    usefully    C.    likely          D. readily
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．

11. C.分析：分析：根据空格相关结构含义（不是由cook的骨头制成，而是更..是由动物的骨头制成）判断C是答案。来源：考试大
 
12. A.    refuse          B.    return      C.    regain          D. reply
13. A.    collected        B.    washed      C.    stored          D. buried
However, Cook’s fans __ 1 2 __ to give up hope that one Cook legend will prove true and that part of his remains(遗体) will still be uncovered，as they say there is evidence not a11 of Cook’s body was __1 3 __ at sea in 1779．来源：考试大

12．A． 分析：直接借助搭配结构特点（v. + to 引导的不定式结构）判断A是答案。
13．D．分析：借助上文句意和该句句意（不是所有的cook的尸体都在1779年被。。海里）判断D（埋葬）是答案。
refuse to do sth./refuse sth.
return to school/home来源：考试大
regain sth.来源：考试大
reply to sb. /sth. 来源：考试大
uncover(B): vt.揭开, 揭露v.揭示来源：考试大
discover(C): vt.发现, 发觉v.发现来源：考试大

 
14. A.    statement        B.    suggestion   C.    proposal        D. guess
“On this occasion technology has won，”said Cliff Thornton，president of the Captain Cook Society, in a  __14__ from Britain．来源：考试大

14．A．分析：借助被选项的关系：suggestion和 proposal是近义词，且用法接近，所以相互排除掉，比较A和D，判断A（（来自伦敦的）声明）正确。来源：考试大
 
15. A.  safe            B.    weak        C.  sure            D. lucky
“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．”来源：考试大

15．C．分析：借助语感直接猜测答案。来源：考试大
Be sure that..
Be weak in..来源：考试大
Be lucky to do sth.