The manager listened to the customers’ complaints attentively with great patience, _____ to miss any point.
| A．not trying | B．trying not | C．to try not | D．not to try |
The number of people invited __________ fifty, but a number of them __________ absent for different reasons
| A．were ; was | B．was ; was | C．was ; were | D．were ; were |
We all thought ______ a question ________we could raise enough money for the project.
| A．that; that | B．it; whether | C．it; that | D．that; whether |
It is theability to do the job _____ matters not where you come from or what you are.
| A．one | B．that | C．what | D．it |
I hate___ when people talk with their mouths full.
| A．it | B．that | C．these | D．them |
I was only when I reread this poems recently _____ I began to appreciate their beauty.
| A．until | B．that | C．then | D．so |