The president ordered that no time should be lost, and directed one of his high officials to __________ the matter in person.
| A．refer to | B．appeal to |
| C．contribute to | D．attend to |
．I don’t want ______ like I’m speaking ill of anybody, but the manager’s plan is unfair.
| A．to sound | B．to be sounded | C．sounding | D．to have sounded |
．All the Chinese people are expecting the government’s four-thousand-billion financial plan,________ to improved the current economic situation, ______ like magic.
| A．instructed; working | B．intended; to work | C．inspired; to work | D．intended; working |
Her father _______ in the USA for another year, so that she could work toward her master’s degree.
| A．agreed her to stay | B．hoped her to stay | C．approved of her staying | D．let her staying |
They ____two free tickets to Canada, otherwise they’d never have been able to afford to go.
| A．had got | B．got | C．have got | D．get |
We must set aside some money for a rainy day __________ run out of our income immediately.
| A．rather than | B．or rather | C．other than | D．more than |