Question

【题目】Although Tom failed twice in the competition, he tried to catch a ________ (three) chance.

Answer 1

【答案】third

【解析】

句意：虽然汤姆在比赛中失败了两次，但他试图抓住再一次的机会。
three基数词，三；根据句意可知这里是表“又一，再一”次机会，a/an +序数词+名词，表示“又一，再一”，three的序数词为third，故答案为third。