His wife ________him to stop smoking, but he didn’t listen.
| A．advised | B．persuaded | C．suggested | D．forced |
Some seemingly harmless blogs might become harmful when ________ on the Internet by millions of people.
| A．to read | B．reading | C．read | D．being read |
It is not failure itself but the attitude we have towards it __________ matters.
| A．which | B．what | C．that | D．as |
The hurricane and the damage ___________ caused have done much harm to the United States.
| A．that | B．it | C．what | D．when |
________ the housing price, several measures have been adopted in the last two years.
| A．Lowering | B．Having lowered | C．To lower | D．To have lowered |
_____________ the ability to speak, so he used sign language to communicate with others.
| A．As he lost | B．He lost | C．Having lost | D．His being lost |