Question

  Twenty-six years ago,Chris Timmins became disabled in a car crash and her husband left her. She lost her job as a school teacher and had to fight 61. (get) it back. She also spent the next two years 62. (battle) with the State of California to get them to pay for a handicap van Thirteen years later,Chris 63. (strike) with breast cancer.She not only rose to meet each of these crises,but overcame them.

   Last year her van failed to work because 64. age. The state program only provides one van per person in their lifetime. And a(n)65. (special) equipped van for disabled persons cost $115,000,far from 66. she could afford. This time she needed help from others.

   So,we sent out 50 emails to people we knew,and requested 67. (they) to send this email to ten people they knew. Thus the request was passed along many times. In this way we got enough 68. (contribute) .

   Our story is 69. (big) than just getting a new van for Chris. It shows that 70. is always something we can do to solve problems,no matter how big they are.

Answer 1

61. to get。考查不定式作狀語的用法。fight to do sth.意為“努力爭取做某事”。

62. battling。考査動詞-ing形式作賓語補足語的用法。spend ... doing sth.意為“花 時間做某

事”。

63. was struck。考查一般過去時的被動語態。Chris.與strike之間是被動關系，且由Thirteen years later可知，strike表示的是過去的動作，故 填 was struck。

64. of。考査介詞。because of意為“因為”。

65. specially。考査副詞。設空處修飾過去分詞 equipped ,故填副詞 specially。

66. what。考査連接詞。設空處引導賓語從句且在 從句中作賓語，故填what。

67. them。考査代詞。設空處作動詞requested的賓 語，故填them。

68. contributions。考查名詞。形容詞后接名詞，且 此處表示“捐款”，為可數名詞，故應填復數形 式。

69. bigger。考査形容詞比較級。由than可知，應填 比較級bigger。

70. there。考査固定結構。that引導的賓語從句意 為“無論問題有多難，總有一些我們能做的”，故 此處考査there be句型。