单选题Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage.
For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose
the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on
the Answer Sheet with a single line through the
center. In an age when technology is developing
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being {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}to the idea of looking back
into the past. One way they can do this is {{U}} {{U}} 3
{{/U}} {{/U}}investigating their own family history. They can try to {{U}}
{{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}out more about where their families came from
and what they {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}. This is now a
fast-growing hobby, especially in countries with a {{U}} {{U}} 6
{{/U}} {{/U}}short history, like Australia and the United Stated.
It is {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}thing to spend some time
{{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}through a book on family history and
to take {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}to investigate your family's
past. It is {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}another to carry out the
research work successfully. It is easy to set {{U}} {{U}} 11
{{/U}} {{/U}}it in a disorganized way and {{U}} {{U}} 12
{{/U}} {{/U}}yourself many problems which could have been {{U}} {{U}}
13 {{/U}} {{/U}}with a little forward planning. If your
family stories tell you that you are {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}}
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system {{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}collecting and storing your
information will be adequate to start with; a more complex one may only get in
your {{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}. The most important thing,
though, is to {{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}started. Who knows
what you {{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}find.
单选题
A. ever
B. once
C. only
D. never
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】ever before是固定搭配，“以前”，强调before。科技的发展比以前快。
单选题
A. fetched
B. brought
C. pressed
D. attracted
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】be attracted to“被……所吸引”。也即“这个观念引起很多人的思考”。
单选题
A. in
B. with
C. by
D. through
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】by doing表示方式方法。他们可以通过研究自己的家庭历史进行反思。
单选题
A.lay
B. find
C. put
D. make
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】find out是固定搭配，“发现，查明”。
单选题
A. found
B. did
C. developed
D. had
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】what they did他们的祖先来自哪里，做些什么。
单选题
A. fairly
B. greatly
C. mostly
D. widely
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】countries with a fairly short history表示“那些历史相对比较短的国家”。
单选题
A. a
B. one
C. no
D. some
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】固定句型It is one thing..., it is quite another...表示“……是一回事，……是另一回事”。
单选题
A. going
B. living
C. seeing
D. moving
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】go through是固定搭配，表示“浏览(一本书等)”。
单选题
A. steps
B. purposes
C. ideas
D. decisions
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】take steps逐步。逐步开展对家庭历史的研究。
单选题
A. quite
B. just
C. more
D. even
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】固定句型It is one thing..., it is quite another...表示“……是一回事，……是另一回事”。
单选题
A. on
B. off
C. out
D. about
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】set about意为“着手做某事”，后加名词。set on doing决心，决意。set off (for a place)动身，出发。set out to do开始，打算。