——What happened, officer?
——Those prisoners made a (an) to escape from the prison but failed.
A. adapt
B. adopt
C. attempt
D. contract
网友回答
A. adapt
B. adopt
C. attempt
D. contract
解析：词义辨析。Ａ适应；Ｂ收养，采用；Ｃ尝试；；D合同，协议；句意：—怎么了？—那些囚犯尝试着从监狱里逃走，但是失败了。根据句意指尝试。故C正确。