She just cannot make herself ________ though she tries hard.
A. understand B. understanding
C. understood D. to understand
On AIDS Day, the minister of Health Department demanded that the problems ______ paid special attention to.
A. referred to being B. referred to be
C. refer to being D. refer to be
He got up late and hurried to his office, _______ the breakfast untouched.
A. left B. to leave
C. leaving D. having left
I did very ______ the first time I took my entrance exam.
A. poorly B. poor
C. poverty D. poorness
You cannot accept an opinion ________ to you unless it is based on facts.
A. offering B. to offer
C. offered D. having offered
He was afraid of failure because he didn’t want to _______ his colleagues.
A. lose face with B. lose face
C. pull a long face D. save face