I soon found that the work I was doing had al-ready been done by someone else. __________，I was wasting my time.
| A．In particular |
| B．All in all |
| C．In other words |
| D．After all |
Julia，if you hurry up，I think it quite ______ that you will catch the next train.
| A．probably | B．certainly | C．likely | D．possibly |
People have always been curious ______ how living things on the earth exactly began.
| A．in | B．at | C．of | D．about |
_____ money，it remains to be seen whether we can put the idea into practice.
| A．Lacking | B．Lacked | C．To lack | D．Having lacked |
When I took his temperature，it was two degrees above ______.
| A．average | B．ordinary | C．regular | D．normal |
In order not to let the others hear what he said，he ______ the news to me.
| A．shouted | B．told | C．whispered | D．said |