He based his holiday plans on the（）that his girlfriend was coming with him.

单项选择题To（）his great ambition of becoming well-known all over Denmark, Andersen, though very young, left home for Copenhagen to make his fortune.

A．hold up to
B．let up to
C．hang up to
D．live up to

单项选择题His speech had at least the（）of being short.

A．value
B．merit
C．excellence
D．perfection