1. _____________________________(多亏了一系列的新发明)，doctors can treat this disease successfully. 2. In my sixties, one change I notice is that ______________________(我比以前更容易累了). 3. I am going to pursue this course, _____________________________________ (无论我要做出什么样的牺牲）. 4. I would prefer shopping online to shopping in a department store because _________________(它更加方便和省时). 5. Many Americans live on credit, and their quality of life _____________________(是用他们能够借到多少来衡量的), not how much they can earn.
参考答案： 1. Thanks to /Due to series of new inventions 解析：考点是词组“多亏，由于”Thanks to /Due to。 2. I feel/get tired more easily than before 解析：考点是比较级more … than. 3. no matter what sacrifice I am going to make/ whatever sacrifice I will make/ no matter how much I would sacrifice 解析：考点是状语从句。 4. it/ the former is more convenient and timesaving 解析：考点是比较级more, 词汇。 5. is measured by how much they can borrow 解析：考点是被动语态、宾语从句。
