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 |
In Switzerland, six miles west of Geneva,___________ a collection of laboratory buildings.
| A．lie | B．are lying | C．lies | D．lays |
Collecting stamps as a hobby___________ increasingly popular during the past fifty years.
| A．becomes | B．became | C．has become | D．had become |
The train was__________ to arrive at 11:30,but was an hour late.
| A．about | B．likely | C．certain | D．supposed |
__________ full preparations, we decided to put off the meeting till next week.
| A．We did not make | B．Having not made |
| C．We had not made | D．Not having made |
You ________ pay too much attention to your reading skill, as it is so important.
| A．can not | B．should | C．must | D．needn't |