Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

FAMILY HISTORY

In an age when technology is developing faster than ever before, many people are being (21) _____to the idea of looking back into the past. One way they can do this is by investigating their own family history. They can try to (22) _____out more about where their family came from and what they did. This is now a fast-growing hobby, especial in countries with a (23) _____ short history, like Australia and the United States.

It is (24) _____thing to spend some time (25) _____through a book on family history and to take the (26) _____to investigate your own family’s past. It is (27) _____another to carry out the research work successfully. It is easy to set about it in a disorganised way and (28) _____yourself many problems which could have been (29) _____with a little forward planning.

If your own family stories tell you that you are (30) _____with a famous character, whether hero or criminal, do not let this idea take over your research. Just treat it as an interesting possibility. A simple system for  collecting and storing your path. The most important thing, though, is to get started. Who knows what you might find?

It is (24) ______ thing to spend some time...

I have not been to the museum for a year.

A year ago, I often went to the museum.

My going to the museum lasted a year. 

At last I went to the museum after a year.

Despite her getting up early to prepare breakfast, her children cannot come to school on time.

Because she wants her children to come to school on time, she gets up early to prepare breakfast.

If she does not get up early to prepare breakfast, her children will not come to school on time.

Unless she gets up early to prepare breakfast, her children will not come to school on time.

Of all the soups I have ever eaten, his eel soup is the best.

I have ever eaten many soups that are better than his eel soup.

His eel soup is the worst of all soups I have eaten.

His eel soup is good but I have ever eaten many others better.

My parents are so busy at work that they cannot find time for their children

Busy at work as my parents are, they try to find time for their children.

My parents are too busy at work to find time for their children.

My parents rarely have time for their children because they are busy at work.

Their parents do not want them to go out in the evening.

Their parents never let them to go out in the evening.

Going out in the evening is permitted by their parents.

Although their parents do not allow, they still go out in the evening.

Their parents do not want them to go out in the evening.

Their parents never let them to go out in the evening.

Going out in the evening is permitted by their parents.

Although their parents do not allow, they still go out in the evening.

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