The performance of the host, to please the audience and draw their attention, was greeted with a cold silence, however.
A. had intended
B. intended
C. intending
D. to intend
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A. had intended
(答案→)B. intended
C. intending
D. to intend
解析：句意：这个节目的主持人本打算取悦听众吸引他们的注意，然而确用一个冷酷的微笑向他们问候。intended to please the audience...相当于which had been intended to please the audience。由此可知选B。
考点: 考查非谓语动词的用法。