1.When I first moved to the city, I knew nobody. It was my neighbor Mrs. Chen who ___ me feel at home by inviting me to dinner every weekend.
A.made
B.forced
C.kept
D.found
答案：A解析：考查 make sb. do/feel 的使役用法。上文说初来乍到谁都不认识，邻居每周请吃饭是让"我"有家的感觉，make sb. feel at home 是固定搭配。force 是"强迫"，与友善的语境矛盾；keep 后接 doing；find 后通常接宾语补足语描述发现的状态，均不符合。
2.The scientist spent ten years on the research. Even when others doubted her, she never ___ her belief that the experiment would succeed.
A.gave up
B.picked up
C.took up
D.put up
答案：A解析：考查动词短语辨析。Even when others doubted her（即使别人质疑）与 never 连用，表达"从未放弃信念"，give up one's belief 符合语境。pick up 是"捡起/学会"，take up 是"开始从事"，put up 是"张贴/搭建"，都无法与 belief 搭配出通顺语义。