1. _____________________________(多虧了一系列的新發明)，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, _____________________________________ (無論我要做出什么樣的犧牲).

4. I would prefer shopping online to shopping in a department store because _________________(它更加方便和省時).

5. Many Americans live on credit, and their quality of life _____________________(是用他們能夠借到多少來衡量 的), not how much they can earn.

參考答案：

1. Thanks to /Due to series of new inventions

解析：知識點是詞組“多虧，由于”Thanks to /Due to。

2. I feel/get tired more easily than before

解析：知識點是比較級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：知識點是狀語從句。

4. it/ the former is more convenient and timesaving

解析：知識點是比較級more, 詞匯。

5. is measured by how much they can borrow

解析：知識點是被動語態、賓語從句。