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【1】People study their family history for different reasons. For some, genealogy(家譜學(xué)) is important to their religion（宗教信仰）. Other people who get involved in genealogy may want to confirm （證實）stories they heard about a family member. Some people say their interest in genealogy came from an eight-part series on television called Roots. Roots was first broadcast in 1977 and was based on a book which describes how the author’s ancestor, long ago in Africa, as slave was brought to America. After watching Roots, many Americans wanted to study ________________.
【2】Finding family roots is not always easy. So how exactly does someone start a genealogical research?
【3】Experts say you should start with yourself. Write down your own history. One idea is to ask your parents what they can remember about their parents or grandparents. You can often find a lot of information in family pictures, letters and other documents.
【4】Resources on local history may also provide useful information. Large libraries may have hundreds of helpful books. In the United States, several groups have large collections of genealogical materials. These collections are open to the public.
【5】Governments often have many helpful records of genealogies. Governments usually keep official copies of birth, marriage and death records. Local governments may have copies of wills. These statements of final wishes often contain details about a person’s life and wealth.
【6】Today, many people use the Internet. There are thousands of websites related to genealogy. They can guide people to historical records and provide information about how to write down their family’s history.
小題1:What is the passage mainly about? ( no more than 10 words)
_____________________________________________________________________
小題2:How many ways are mentioned in how to start a genealogical research? ( no more than 2 words)[
_____________________________________________________________________
小題3:Fill in the blank in Paragraph 1 with proper words. ( no more than 6 words)
_____________________________________________________________________
小題4:Why should people ask governments for help in the study of genealogy? ( no more than 8 words)
_____________________________________________________________________
小題5:What does the underlined word “They” (Paragraph 6 ) probably refer to ? (no more than 5 words)
_____________________________________________________________________

小題1:Why and how to start a genealogical research.(寫到why…或how…給一半分)
小題2:4/four
小題3:Their own roots./ The history of their families.
小題4:Because governments have many helpful records of genealogies.
小題5:Thousands of websites

試題分析：本文主要講述的人家譜學(xué)的重要性和研究家譜學(xué)的具體方法。
小題1:主旨大意題。文章第一段中提及了家譜學(xué)的重要性，在3,4,5，6段每一段中都提到了開始家譜學(xué)研究的不同方法�？芍疚闹v述的就是家譜學(xué)的重要性以及如何暫開家譜學(xué)的研究。
小題2:在文章3，4,5,6段中每一段都提出了一個研究的方法，所以一共有4個方法。
小題3:根據(jù)本句After watching Roots, many Americans wanted to study ________________. 可知在看了這部電影以后，很多人都開始研究自己的根，或者自己家族的根了。
小題4:根據(jù)文章第5段Governments usually keep official copies of birth, marriage and death records. Local governments may have copies of wills. These statements of final wishes often contain details about a person’s life and wealth.可知政府里有很多與家族歷史有關(guān)的材料。所以我們可以從政府那里得到很多的幫助。
小題5:推理題。根據(jù)本句Today, many people use the Internet. There are thousands of websites related to genealogy. They can guide people可知有很多和家譜學(xué)有關(guān)的網(wǎng)站，這些網(wǎng)站給我們提供很多的信息。故這里的they就是指thousands of websites。
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