Ex. 3 Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the verb and translate them into Chinese. ( 用动词的正确形式填空并翻译整句话。 ) 1. Raising standards of literacy (be) the government’s priority. 2. To rear a child alone (be) challenging to any parent. 3. The adequacy of financial resources (be) crucial to the operation of a not-for-profit organization. 4. Overworking, coupled with poor diet, (lead) to physical degeneration. 5. Even if somebody (fall) sick, everything (go) on as usual. 6. There (be) a number of countries which perform poorly in containing pollution. 7. How we cope with massive technological change in the 21 st century (be) an interesting issue.