Mr．Johnson should have taken the train to Liverpool for an important meeting, but he got on the train for Edinburg ________．

A．by chance

B．by accident

C．by time

D．by mistake

The improvement in sales figures had a ________ effect on the company．

A．valuable

B．beneficial

C．infective

D．favored

They say reading the original novels will ________ the students．

A．benefit from

B．be benefit

C．be of benefit to

D．benefit to

Building a reservoir indeed costs us a great amount of money, but in the long run it is greatly ________ to us, especially when we meet drought days．

A．beneficial

B．influential

C．commercial

D．efficient

I can’t ________ myself in this old photo．

A．identify

B．classify

C．pick

D．realize

The opinions of almost all the members are ________ whether to set up a new branch office in London．

A．similar to

B．the same to

C．identical in

D．identical with

There’s a marked ________ between his character and hers, which resulted in their separation．

A．comparison

B．contact

C．contrast

D．opposite

________ by the sight of the footmark, he went home hurriedly．

A．Terrified greatly

B．Terrifying greatly

C．Greatly terrified

D．Greatly terrifying

Now that she is out of a job, Lucy ________ going back to school, but she hasn’t decided yet．

A．had considered

B．has been considering

C．considered

D．is going to consider

I ________ for three hours when I suddenly became sick．

A．had been working

B．would work

C．have worked

D．am working