They ______ him to prepare for the coming exam, but he spent all day playing computer games.
| A．persuaded | B．urged | C．suggested | D．made |
With all my attention _____ my homework, I didn't even notice my father standing by me.
| A．to fix on | B．fixed on | C．fixing on | D．to be fixed on |
Part of the reason Charles Dickens loved his own novel, David Copperfield, was ________ it was rather closely modeled on his own life.
| A．what | B．why | C．that | D．whether |
— Did you know any French before you arrived in Washington?
— Never ____ it, actually.
| A．had I learned | B．have I learned | C．I learned | D．would I learn |
We should give the disabled encouragement to live _________ as we do.
| A．as a rich and full life | B．as rich and full a life |
| C．so a rich and full life | D．so rich and full a life |
We had a hard time the last time we went camping, because the fire ______ during the freezing night.
| A．went over | B．went out | C．went on | D．went through |