The performance of the host ,______to please the audience and draw their attention ,was greeted with a cold silence ,however.
| A．had intended | B．intended | C．intending | D．to intend |
The new stadium being built in our city for the next Asian Games will be _____ the old one.
| A．as big as twice | B．twice as big as |
| C．as bigger as twice | D．twice as bigger as |
There is still so much to discuss. ________, we shall return to this topic in tomorrow’s class.
| A．Instead | B．However |
| C．Therefore | D．Otherwise |
From the teacher’s _________ look, we could see that he hadn’t expected that we could raise such a _______ question to him.
| A．confused; confused | B．confusing; confused |
| C．confusing; confusing | D．confused; confusing |
Only after Mary read her composition the second time ________ the spelling mistake.
| A．did she notice | B．she noticed |
| C．does she notice | D．she has noticed |
As a husband he was __________ failure, so their marriage ended in _________ failure.
| A．/; / | B．/; a |
| C．a; a | D．a; / |