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（7）nowAustralia,in1770.HewasclubbedtodeathintheSandwichIslands，nowHawaii。

The1egendofCook’sarrowbeganin1824（8）whenHawaiianKingKamehamehaonhisdeathbedgavethearrowtoWilliamAdams，aLondonsurgeonandrelativeofCook’swife，sayingitwasmadeofCook’sboneafterthefatal（9）fightwithislanders.

Inthe1890sthearrowwasgiventotheAustralianMuseumandthelegendcontinued（10）untilitcameface=to-facewithscience.

DNAtestingbylaboratoriesinAustraliaandNewZealandrevealedthearrowwasnotmadeofCook’sbonebutwasmore（11）likely 

madeofanimalbone。

saidPhilp.

However,Cook’sfans（12）refusetogiveuphopethatoneCooklegendwillprovetrueandthatpartofhisremainswillstillbeuncovered.astheysaythereisevidencenota11ofCook’sbodywas（13）buriedatseain1779.“Onthisoccasiontechnologyhaswon"

，”saidCliffThornton，presidentoftheCaptainCookSociety,ina（14）statementfromBritain.“ButIam（15）sure 

thatoneofthesedays…oneoftheCooklegendswillprovetobetrueanditwillhappenoneday.’’

第二篇AvalancheandItsSafety雪崩和它的安全

Anavalancheisasuddenandrapidflowofsnow,oftenmixedwithairandwater,downamountainside.Avalanchesare

（1）amongthebiggestdangersinthemountainsforbothlifeandproperty.

Allavalanchesarecausedbyanover-burdenofmaterial,typicallysnowpack,thatistoomassiveandunstablefortheslope

（2）thatsupportsit.Determiningthecriticalload,theamountofover-burdenwhichis（3）likelytocauseanavalanche,（4）isacomplextaskinvolvingtheevaluationofanumberoffactors.

Terrainslopesflatterthan25degreesorsteeperthan60degreestypicallyhavealow（5）riskofavalanche.Snowdoesnot（6）gathersignificantlyonsteepslopes;

also,snowdoesnot（7）floweasilyonflatslopes.Human-triggeredavalancheshavethegreatestincidencewhenthesnow'

sangleofrestis（8）between35and45degrees;

thecriticalangle,theangleatwhichthehumanincidenceofavalanchesisgreatest,is38degrees.Theruleofthumbis:

Aslopethatis（9）flatenoughtoholdsnowbutsteepenoughtoskihasthepotentialtogenerateanavalanche,regardlessoftheangle.Additionally,avalancheriskincreaseswith（10）use;

thatis,themoreaslopeisdisturbedbyskiers,themorelikelyitisthatanavalanchewilloccur.

Duetothecomplexityofthesubject,wintertravellinginthebackcountryisnever100%safe.Goodavalanchesafetyisacontinuous（11）process,includingrouteselectionandexaminationofthesnowpack,weather（12）conditions,andhumanfactors.Severalwell-knowngoodhabitscanalso（13）reducetherisk.Iflocalauthoritiesissueavalancheriskreports,theyshouldbeconsideredandallwarningsshouldbepaid（14）attentionto.Neverfollowinthetracksofotherswithoutyourownevaluations;

snowconditionsarealmostcertaintohavechangedsincetheyweremade.Observetheterrainandnoteobviousavalanchepathswhereplantsare（15）missingordamaged.Avoidtravelingbelowotherswhomighttriggeranavalanche.

★第三篇GermsonBanknotes纸币上的病菌

Peopleindifferentcountriesusedifferenttypesof

（1）moneyyuaninChina,pesosinMexico,poundsintheUnitedKingdom,dollarsintheUnitedStates,AustraliaandNewZealand.Theymayuse

（2）differentcurrencies,butthesecountries,andprobablyallcountries,stillhaveonethingincommon1:

Germsonthebanknotes.

Scientistshavebeenstudyingthegermsonmoneyforwellover2100years.Attheturnofthe20th（3）century,someresearchersbegantosuspectthatgermslivingonmoneycouldspreaddisease.

Moststudiesofgermymoneyhavelookedatthegermsonthecurrency4withinonecountry.Inanewstudy,FrankVriesekoop3andotherresearcherscomparedthegermpopulationsfoundonbillsofdifferent5countries.

Vriesekoop3isamicrobiologistattheUniversityofBallaratinAustralia4.Heledthestudy,whichcomparedthegermpopulationsfoundonmoney6gatheredfrom10nations.Thescientistsstudied1,280banknotesintotal;

allcamefromplaceswherepeoplebuyfood,likesupermarketsstreetvendorsandcafes,7becausethosebusinessesoftenrelyoncash.

Overall,theAustraliandollarshostedthefewestlivebacteria----nomorethan10persquarecentimeter.Chineseyuanhadthemost----about100persquarecentimeter.Mostofthegermsonmoneyprobablywouldnotcauseharm.

Whatwecall“paper”moneyusuallyisn'

tmadefrompaper.TheU.S.dollar,forexample,isprintedonfabricthatismostly8cotton.Differentcountriesmayusedifferent9materialstoprinttheirmoney.SomeofthecurrenciesstudiedbyVriesekoopandhis10teamsuchastheAmericandollarweremadefromcotton.Othersweremadefrompolymers.

Thethree11currencieswiththelowestnumbersofbacteriawereallprintedonpolymers.TheyincludedtheAustraliandollar,theNewZealanddollarandsomeMexicanpesos.

Theothercurrencieswereprintedonfabricmade12mostlyofcotton.Fewergermslivedonthepolymernotes.Thisconnectionsuggeststhat13germshaveahardertimestayingaliveonpolymersurfaces.Scientistsneedtodomorestudiestounderstandhowgermsliveonmoney-----andwhetherornotweneedtobeconcerned.Vnesekoopisnowstartingastudythatwill14comparetheamountsoftimebacteriacanstayaliveondifferenttypesofbills.

WhateverVriesekoopfinds,thefactremains:

PapermoneyharborsgermsWeshouldwashour15handsaftertouchingit;

afterall5,youneverknowwhereyourmoney'

sbeen.Orwhat'

slivingonit

第四篇Animal’s“SixthSense”动物的"

第六个感"

AtsunamiwastriggeredbyanearthquakeintheIndianOceaninDecember,2004.ItkilledtensofthousandsofpeopleinAsiaandEastAfrica.Wildanimals,

（1）however,seemtohaveescapedthatterribletsunami.ThisphenomenonaddsweighttonotionsthatItheypossessa“sixthsense”for

（2）disasters,expertssaid.

SriLankanwildlifeofficialshavesaidthegiantwavesthatkilledover24,000peoplealongtheIndianOceanisland’scoastclearly（3）missedwildbeasts,withnodeadanimalsfound.

“Noelephantsaredead,not（4）evendeadrabbit.Ithinkanimalscan（5）sensedisaster.Theyhaveasixthsense.Theyknowwhenthingsarehappening.”H.D.Ratnayake,deputydirectorofSriLanka’sWildlifeDepartment,saidaboutonemonthafterthetsunamiattack.The（6）waveswashedfloodwatersupto2milesinlandatYalaNationalParkintheravagedsoutheast,SriLanka’sbiggestwildlife（7）reserveandhometohundredsofwildelephantsandseveralleopards.

“Therehasbeenalotof（8）apparentevidenceaboutdogsbarkingorbirdsmigratingbeforevolcaniceruptionsorearthquakes.Butithasnotbeenproven,”saidMatthewvanLieropananimalbehavior（9）specialistatJohannesburgZoo.

“Therehavebeenno（10）specificstudiesbecauseyoucan’treallytestitinalaborfieldsetting2,”hetoldReuters.Otherauthoritiesconcurredwiththis（11）assessment.

“Wildlifeseemtobeabletopickupcertain（12）phenomenon,especiallybirds…therearemanyreportsofbirdsdetectingimpendingdisasters,”saidCliveWalker,whohaswrittenseveralbooksonAfricanwildlife.

Animals（13）certainlyrelyontheknownsensessuchassmellorhearingtoavoiddangersuchaspredators.

Thenotionofananimal“sixthsense”-or（14）someothermythicalpower-isanenduringone3whichtheevidenceonSriLanka’sravagedcoastislikelytoaddto.

TheRomanssawowls（15）asomensofimpendingdisasterandmanyancientculturesviewedelephantsassacredanimalsendowedwithspecialpowersorattributes.

第五篇SingingAlarmsCouldSavetheBlind警报器救盲人

Ifyoucannotsee,youmaynotbeabletofindyourwayoutofaburningbuilding----andthatcouldbefatal.AcompanyinLeedscouldchangeallthat

（1）withdirectionalsoundalarmscapableifguidingyoutotheexit.

SoundAlert,acompany

（2）runbytheUniversityofLeeds,isinstallingthealarmsinaresidentialhomefor（3）blindpeopleinSommersetandaresourcecentrefortheblindinCumbria.（4）Thealarmsproduceawiderangeoffrequenciesthatenablethebraintodeterminewherethe（5）soundiscomingfrom.

DeborahWithingtonofSoundAlertsaysthatthealarmsusemostofthefrequenciesthatcanbe（6）heardbyhumans.“It’saburstofwhitenoise（7）thatpeoplesaysoundslikestaticontheradio,”shesays.“Itslife-savingpotentialisgreat.”

Sheconductedanexperimentinwhichpeoplewerefilmedbythermal—imagingcamerastryingtofindtheirwayoutofalarge（8）smoke-filledroom.It（9）tookthemnearlyfourminutestofindthedoor（10）withoutasoundalarm,butonly15secondswithone.

Withingtonstudieshowthebrain（11）processessoundsattheuniversity.Shesaysthatthe（12）sourceofawidebandoffrequenciescanbepinpointedmoreeasilythanthesourceofanarrowband.Alarms（13）basedonthesameconcepthavealreadybeeninstalledonemergencyvehicles.

Thealarmswillalsoincl