Family History
In an age when technology is developing faster than ever before, many people are being (1) attracted to the idea of looking back into the past. One way they can do this is by ìinvestigating their own family history. They can try to (2) find out more about where their families came from and what they did, This is now a fast—growing hobby, especially in countries with a (3) fairly short history, like Australia and the United States.
It is (4) one thing to spend some time (5) going through a book on family history and to take the (6) decision to investigate your own family's past. It is (7) quite another to carry out the research work successfully. It is easy to set about it in a disorganized way and (8) cause yourself many problems which could have been (9) avoided with a little forward planning.
If your own family stories tell you that you are (10) connected with a famous character, whether hero or criminal, do not let this idea take over your research. Just (11) treat it as an interesting possibility. A simple system (12) for collecting and storing your information will be adequate to start with; a more complex one may only get in your (13) way. The most important thing, though, is to (14) get started. Who knows what you (15) might find ?
詞匯:
attract / ə'trækt/ v. 吸引，有吸引力 investigate / in'vestiɡeit / v. 調(diào)查，研究
disorganize v. 擾亂，瓦解 criminal /'kriminəla/ adj. 形式的，犯罪的
adequate /'ædikwit / adj. 充足的，適當(dāng)?shù)?complex adj. 錯(cuò)綜復(fù)雜的
注釋:
1. It is one thing ... , it is another thing ... : 一方面……，另一方面……
2. One way+從句 is by doing ... :做某事的方法之一是通過(guò)……
練習(xí):
1. A) pushed B) attracted C) fetched D) brought
2. A) lay B) make C) put D) find
3. A) fairly B) greatly C) mostly D) widely
4. A) a B) one C) no D) some
5. A) seeing B) moving C) going D) even
6. A) idea B) plan C) purpose D) decision
7. A) quite B) just C) more D) living
8. A) produce B) cause C) build D) create
9. A) missed B) lost C) avoided D) escaped
10. A) connected B) joined C) attached D) related
11. A) treat B) control C) contact D) direct
12. A) with B) by C) for D) through
13. A) track B) path C) road D) way
14. A) get B) appear C) be D) feel
15. A) should B) might C) ought D) must
答案與題解:
1. B 根據(jù)上下文，句意為人們被追溯往事所吸引。A 選項(xiàng) push 與介詞 to 搭配意為"推向";C選項(xiàng) fetch 做不及物動(dòng)詞為"取得，拿到";D 選項(xiàng) brought 與介詞 to 搭配意為"恢復(fù)知覺(jué)";而 選項(xiàng) B attracted 與介詞 to 搭配意為"被……吸引"，故選 B。
2. D 根據(jù)句意"人們?cè)噲D查明更多的歷史"，此處動(dòng)詞應(yīng)有"查找，查明"之意。A 選項(xiàng) lay out 意為"布置，設(shè)計(jì)" ，B 選項(xiàng) make out 意為"理解，辨認(rèn)出";C 選項(xiàng) put out 意為"熄滅，出版"， 均與句意不符;D 選項(xiàng) find oùt 有"找出，查明"之意。故選 D。
3. A 本題考查副詞。其中 B 選項(xiàng) greatly 意為"很，大大地";C 選項(xiàng) mostly 意為"主要地，通常";D 選項(xiàng) widely 意為"廣泛地"。本句句意為"……特別是那些有相當(dāng)短歷史的國(guó) 家……"根據(jù)句意只有 A 選項(xiàng) fairly 有"相當(dāng)"的意思，符合句意，故選 A。
4. B 考查固定搭配。It is one thing ... ，it is quite another thing ... "一方面……，另一方面……"，故選 B
5. C 考查介詞搭配。A 選項(xiàng)目e 與 through 搭配意為"看穿，識(shí)破";B 選項(xiàng) move 與介詞through 搭配意為"穿過(guò)";D 選項(xiàng) live 與 through 搭配意為"度過(guò)，經(jīng)受住"。根據(jù)句意"…… 花費(fèi)時(shí)間去仔細(xì)查閱一本書(shū)……"只有 C 選項(xiàng) go through" 經(jīng)受，仔細(xì)檢查"符合句意，故選C 。
6. D 句意為"并促使你決心去探究家族的過(guò)去" A 選項(xiàng)為"主意，概念";B 選項(xiàng) plan 為"計(jì)劃";只有選項(xiàng) D 有"下決心"之意。take the decision to do 是短語(yǔ)，下定決心做某事。故選D。
7. A 本題考查固定搭配。It is one thing ... , it is quite another thing ... "一方面……，另一方面……"。故選 A。
8. B 句意為"但如果開(kāi)始有一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)計(jì)劃，就能避免引起那么多麻煩。"此處應(yīng)選擇與 problem相搭配有"引起"之意的動(dòng)詞。A 選項(xiàng) produce 為"制造";C 選項(xiàng) build 意為"建筑";D 選項(xiàng)create 意為"創(chuàng)造，創(chuàng)作";選項(xiàng) B cause 意為"引起，使發(fā)生，導(dǎo)致，招致"，經(jīng)常與 troubles，