（）---Are you confident about the basketball match against Class 9, Yangyang?
----_________ I’ve got everything ready!
| A．Of course not. | B．It’s hard to say. |
| C．Sure, I am. | D．I am afraid not. |
Why did she______your invitation？
Because she had an important meeting to attend that day．（ ）
A．turn downB．put awayC．look upD．hand in
Her father tried to______ that nothing unusual had happened．
In fact，it was not serious．（ ）
A．imagineB．pretendC．meanD．warn
Look，the boss is very angry with Alex．
Well，he came late again．But that's no______ to shout at him．（ ）
A．problemB．lessonC．excuseD．Reason
Are you alone？I just want a______ word with you．（ ）
A．singleB．newC．privateD．certain
Come home before dinner time，Peter!
I______，Mom．（ ）
A．promiseB．guessC．wishD．admire