试题题干
Complete the following sentence with a (compound) word derived from the one(s) given in bracket.
Through painstaking effort , they at last worked out a way to 
substance. (pure)
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试题解析
根据前文 a way to do 可知空处应该填动词原形。pure的动词原形为purify 使...净化。句意：通过辛苦的努力，他们最终找到净化物质的方法。