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 1770. He was clubbed to death in the Sandwich Islands, now Hawaii.
      The legend of Cook’s arrow began in 1824___(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 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 all of Cook’s body was___(13)at sea in 1779. “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.”
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
Car Thieves could Be Stopped Remotely
      Speeding off in a stolen car, the thief thinks he has got a great catch. But he is in a nasty surprise. The car is fitted with a remote immobilizer and a radio signal from a control center miles away will ensure that once the thief switches the engine___(1), he will not be able to start it again.
For now, such devices___(2)only available for fleets of trucks and specialist vehicles used on construction sites. But remote immobilization technology could soon start to trickle down to ordinary cars, and___(3)be available to ordinary cars in the UK  ___(4)two months.
      The idea goes like this. A control box fitted to the carincorporates___(5)miniature cellphone, a microprocessor and memory, and a GPS satellite positioning receiver.___(6)the car is stolen, a coded cellphone signal will tell the unit to block the vehicle’s engine management system and prevent the engine___(7)restarted.
      There are even plans for immobilizers___(8)shut down vehicles on the move, though there are fears over the safety implications of such a system.
      In the UK. an array of technical fixes is already making___(9)harder for car thieves. “The pattern of vehicles crime has changed,” says Martyn Randall of Thatcham, a security research organization based in Berkshire that is funded in part ___(10)the motor insurance industry.
      He says it would only take him a few minutes to___(11)a novice how to steal a car, using a bare minimum of tools. But only if the car is more than 10 years old.
      Modern cars are a far tougher proposition, as their engine management computer will not___(12)them to start unless they receive a unique ID code beamed out by the ignition key. In the UK, technologies like this___(13)achieve a 31 per cent drop in vehicle-related crime since 1997.
      But determined criminals are still managing to find other ways to steal cars. Often by getting hold of the owner’s keys in a burglary. In 2000, 12 per cent of vehicles stolen in the UK were taken using the owner’s keys double the previous year’s figure.
      Remote-controlled immobilization system would___(14)a major new obstacle in the criminal’s way by making such thefts pointless. A group that includes Thatcham, the police, insurance companies and security technology firms have developed standards for a system that could go on the market sooner than the___(15)expects.
1. A. off                            B. on                    C. at                      D. of
2. A. is                        B.  was              C. were                    D. are
3. A. can                      B. have to          C. need to          D. should
4. A. after                      B. for                C. in                D. at
5. A. the                            B. /                            C. a                  D. an
6. A. With                      B. If                  C. But              D. And
7. A. helping          B. being                    C. get                  D. be
8. A. whose                      B. who                    C. that                  D. when
9. A. life                            B. cars                  C. warning        D. problem
10. A. about                      B. to                        C. by                    D. on
11. A. use                      B. inform                  C. ask                  D. teach
12. A. let                      B. allow                    C. make                D. give
13. A. have helped            B. helped          C. had helped    D. was helped
14. A. speak                  B. have                C. link                      D. put
15. A. lawyer                  B. doctor              C. customer              D. specialist