4. The woman crossed her fingers as her daughter did the cheer. She was hoping that everything would work out for her daughter as she vied for a position on the squad. Her daughter wanted to
be a cheerleader
a. shouted
b. enclosed
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c. expanded
d. tried

d. tried

Explanation:

The underlined word here is vied.

It is the past tense of the word vie, with means to compete with great enthusiasm and eagerness for the reward or achievement. Here it is used to express that the daughter is competing for the spot on the squad with high spirit.

Because of that, it can be changed with the word tried – she is trying for the spot on the team, trying to compete against other candidates. While it takes out the idea of great enthusiasm, changing vied to tried still carries to message that the daughter is attempting to get into the team.