The train ________ at the present speed until it reaches Chicago at eleven o’clock tonight．

A．has gone

B．will be going

C．went

D．goes

You'd better not buy this mobile phone．For ________ start, it is expensive and secondly it is on ________ way out．

A．/, a

B．a, a

C．/, the

D．a, the

Helen was much kinder to her youngest child than she was to the others, ________ , of course, made the others jealous．

A．who

B．that

C．what

D．which

On a rainy day I was driving north through Vermont ________ I noticed a young man holding up a sign reading “Boston”．

A．which

B．where

C．when

D．that

The ability to store knowledge makes computers different from every other machine ________ invented．

A．ever

B．thus

C．yet

D．as

So far no life has been found outside the earth, but while some scientists are actively searching for living things in outer space, others firmly believe there ________．

A．mustn't be

B．may not be

C．can't be

D．won't be

The dish ________ so delicious are cooked by my brother who is a good cook．

A．tasting

B．tasted

C．to taste

D．to be tasted

The manager ________ a rise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet．

A．is promised

B．has been promising

C．is promising

D．promised

He came all the way to China for promoting friendship ________ for making money．

A．other than

B．more than

C．better than

D．rather than

As they haven't a child of their own, they’re going to ________ a little girl．

A．accept

B．receive

C．adapt

D．adopt