首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Genealogy, the study of family history, is the second most popular hobby in America today. Millions of Americans 【C1】sp______the
Genealogy, the study of family history, is the second most popular hobby in America today. Millions of Americans 【C1】sp______the
admin
2019-07-11
56
问题
Genealogy, the study of family history, is the second most popular hobby in America today. Millions of Americans 【C1】sp______their free time trying to trace their family lines, some reaching as far back as a thousand years. This interest in family history is not new. Many people remember their ancestors and honor them by passing on family names or keeping their stories alive. In fact, as a country, America showed its first real interest in genealogy in the 1890s. At that time, organizations such as the Daughters of the American Revolution were created to connect people【C2】______ ancestors who played a part in early American history. But America’s interest in genealogy has grown over the past few decades, largely for two reasons.
One of the causes of genealogy’s most recent growth in popularity might be Alex Haley’s book Roots, which follows one man’s family through【C3】______(slave)and all the way back to 18th century Africa. In one year, more than one million copies of the book were sold. In 1977, Roots was made into a television miniseries,【C4】______was watched by approximately 130 million people. At the time, that was the【C5】______(big)audience any television program had ever had. People not only enjoyed the story of Roots, but also were【C6】int______in the idea that one man could learn so much about his family’s history. The idea that a man living in America in the twentieth century might have a direct link to important moments in history inspired many Americans to do their own genealogical studies and trace their own threads in the fabric of world history.
The Internet has also【C7】con______to the enormous popularity of genealogy today because it is so convenient and vast. Before the Internet, people had to go to libraries and public records facilities to find information about their ancestors. But now, with a computer, anyone can【C8】ac______thousands of genealogy websites. While many of these websites contain useful information and resources, the Internet also provides people with the opportunity to meet hundreds, even thousands, of other genealogists. Occasionally , genealogists even meet distant members of their own families and are able to share valuable research with each other.
As the second most popular hobby in America, genealogy must be【C9】______(reward), but people don’t always like what they find. One amateur genealogist was told by her grandfather that one of her ancestors was wounded during the American Civil War. She wanted to find out more about this family hero. After【C10】______(review)records from the 1860s, she learned that her great, great, great uncle actually fell off a fence while relaxing one afternoon and broke his arm, making him unable to join the army at all.
【C1】
选项
答案
spend
解析
(此处意为“花费空闲时间试图追溯家系”。根据文意与字母提示可推测该词为spend。因此该空填入spend。)
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/HbfK777K
本试题收录于:
A类竞赛(研究生)题库大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)分类
0
A类竞赛(研究生)
大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)
相关试题推荐
In,thissection,thereisonepassagefollowedbyasummary.Readthepassagecarefullyandcompletethesummarybelowbychoos
WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?
Ifthisisa"Mandelamoment"forAmerica,therewere—perhapsinevitably—fewspecificcluesinBarackObama’svictoryspeechas
WhydoesAmericadecidetowithdrawsomeofitsmilitaryvehicles?
WhydoesAmericadecidetowithdrawsomeofitsmilitaryvehicles?
WhydoesAmericadecidetowithdrawsomeofitsmilitaryvehicles?
Inthissection,youwillhearashortpassage.Thereare10missingwordsorphrases.Fillintheblankswiththeexactwordso
Inthissection,youwillhearashortpassage.Thereare10missingwordsorphrases.Fillintheblankswiththeexactwordso
随机试题
常规钢抽油杆制造工艺简单、成本低、直径小、适用范围广,约占有杆泵抽油井的()以上。
脱水药不能用于下列何种病人()
宏远公司2012年6月初固定资产期初余额为4300000元,累计折旧期初余额为230000元(其中6月初生产车间计提的折旧额为62000元,管理部门计提的折旧额为15000元),6月和7月发生经济业务如下:(1)6月3日,自行购建的生产
募集机构应当自行或者委托第三方机构对私募基金进行风险评级,建立科学有效的私募基金风险评级标准和方法。募集机构应当根据私募基金的风险类型和评级结果,向投资者推介与其风险识别能力和()相匹配的私募基金。
公安机关贯彻社会治安综合的工作方针,应坚持()的原则。
关于胰岛素治疗,下列哪项是错误的
执行返回指令,退出中断服务程序,这时返回地址来自( )。
Asregardssocialconventions,wemustsayawordabouttheEnglishclasssystem.ThisisanembarrassingsubjectforEnglishpe
Consumersshoulddo________thansimplycomplainaboutthepoorqualityofgoods.
Passwordsareapainintheass.They’reeithereasyto【C1】______orhardtoremember,andwhenbreaches(破坏)【C2】______youhave
最新回复
(
0
)