Choose the best option from the table to complete this passage.
take on had passed away look after cut down were looking for
give up came up with found out had come into came down with
Last year, Sandra 1 that she 2 a small fortune after her aunt Agnes 3 . Her aunt had been a heavy smoker for many years and hadn't been able to 4 on her smoking. Sandra 5 a great idea to make aunt Agnes 6 her bad habit. She had the local hospital telephone aunt Agnes. The hospital said that they 7 a volunteer to 8 to help 9 terminal lung cancer patients. Well, that frightened aunt Agnes since most cancer patients, before the end, get very thin and weak, and extremely distressing to look at. She decided to quit smoking. However, it was too late. She 10 SARS and died soon after.
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1 a. had come into
2 b. found out
3 c. came down with
4 d. take on
5 e. had passed away
6 f. came up with
7 g. were looking for
8 h. cut down
9 i. give up
10 j. look after