do 用作及物或不及物都可以，主要看表示什么意思。具体用法你查查词典就知道了。

比如你查的朗文词典就注明了，当它表示“进展，进行; 表现”时，为不及物动词。其常见搭配有：

do well / badly

She’s certain to do well at that job. 那件工作她一定会做得很好。

He’s a clever boy; he’ll do well in life. 他是个聪明的孩子，他很有前途。

Students are under considerable pressure to do well. 学生学习成绩的压力很大。

Children who do badly in school tests often perceive themselves to be failures. 在学校考试中成绩不好的孩子经常会认为自己很失败。

how sb / sth is doing (with / in sth)

How's he doing in trying to give up smoking? 他烟戒得怎么样了？

How is he doing at university? (D128) 他在大学里怎么样？

You should get promoted after about a year, depending on how you're doing. 大约一年后你应该可以得到提升，这得看你表现如何。