The government had hoped to draw as much attention as possible to this problem but it didn

问题补充：

The government had hoped to draw as much attention as possible to this problem but it didn’t that way.

A. work out

B. give out

C. go out

D. pick out

答案：

A. work out

B. give out

C. go out

D. pick out

解析：考查动词短语。句意：政府本希望尽可能吸引对这个问题的注意，但是结果不是那样。work out 意思为：计算出；得出…；give out 意思为:精疲力竭；发光，耗尽；go out 意思为：出去；pick out 意思为：挑出，辨别出。选A.