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．being intended | D．to intend |
Please don’t ask me to solve mathematical problems; they are beyond my ____.
| A．guide | B．reform | C．grasp | D．draft |
George always does his best, and that’s ______ I like about him.
| A．who | B．how | C．whether | D．what |
The staff are excited that they have succeeded in what they ____ to do three months ago.
| A．set off | B．set about | C．set out | D．set up |
--- How’s everything going?
--- _______________.
| A．Everything is finished | B．Not so bad, you know |
| C．Everything has been done | D．Not doing wrong, you know |
When the exciting news eventually came, the girl______ her feelings and burst into tears.
| A．lost sight of | B．lost control of | C．took hold of | D．took charge of |