He ________ on the bed________ to his parents that blackbirds had ________ their eggs on Mars．

A．lay; lying; lied

B．lied; lied; lied

C．laid; laid; laid

D．lying; lied; laid

Children's curiosity may ________ many useful inventions．

A．lead to

B．take place

C．gather in

D．bring away

－I want to know if I ________ smoke here．

－No, you ________．Could you see the sign“NO SMOKING”there?

A．can; needn't

B．must; can't

C．shall; won't

D．may; mustn't

－________ do you think is ________ to do a better job, Tim or Tom?

－Maybe Tom

A．whom; possible

B．whom, likely

C．who, likely

D．who, possible

Although his experiment ended in ________ failure this time, he is ________ success as a scientist

A．a;/

B．a;a

C．/;a

D．/;/

E-mail, along with telephones, ________ an important role in daily communication

A．is playing

B．play

C．are playing

D．have played

The picture was taken a long time ago．I wonder if you can ________ my father

A．find out

B．pick out

C．look out

D．speak out

－Why didn't you tell him about the meeting?

－He rushed out of the room ________ I could say a word

A．before

B．until

C．when

D．after

The growing speed of a plant is influenced by a number of factors(因素), ________ are beyond our control

A．most of them

B．most of which

C．most of that

D．most of that

She looks forward to ________ her mother every day

A．being seen

B．having seen

C．see

D．seeing