He sent me an e-mail, ________ to get further information.
| A．hoped | B．hoping | C．to hope | D．hope |
28．The government had hoped to draw as much attention as possible to this problem but it didn't ______ that way．
| A．work out | B．give out | C．go out | D．pick out |
27．The students wonder______ good the course will do to their future jobs．
| A．which | B．what | C．whether | D．Why |
26．He never regretted the anxious hours he had had ______ for the missing papers．
| A．search | B．searching | C．searched | D．to search |
25．At present, the butter factory is still polluting the river though it ______ to stop.
| A．ordered | B．has ordered |
| C．will be ordered | D．has been ordered |
24．____, the disaster in Haiti shows once again that even among the worst, there is always hope．
| A．As sad it is | B．It is as sad | C．Sad as it is | D．Sad as is it |