I ______ to send him a gift to congratulate him on his marriage, but I _____ it.
| A．hoped; hadn’t managed | B．hoped; didn’t manage |
| C．hope; don’t manage | D．had hoped; didn’t manage |
“I_____in a cold sweat when I realized it was an earthquake.” Said the lucky man who happened to be out of the house to work that morning in Yushu.
| A．broke out | B．cried out | C．blocked out | D．cut out |
The defendant couldn’t_____the fact that a large amount of money was found in his house.
| A．account for | B．answer for | C．allow for | D．call for |
Suffering from depression, he often_____his sorrows in drink.
| A．swallows | B．drowns | C．sinks | D．buries |
Spokesman has_____that there is no Chinese crew on the ship hijacked by Somali pirates.
| A．confirmed | B．proved | C．confused | D．refused |
They work well together－her steadiness(稳健) acts as a(n) ___________to his clever but often impractical ideas.
| A．award | B．belief | C．balance | D．contrary |