单选题 ______ the company expected the online grocery shopping to be popular with busy working mothers, but actually most of them preferred to shop at stores themselves.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 语法:副词
1.空格后接句子,因此C、D选项排除。
2.空格后的句子为两句话,由连词but连接,因此连词B选项排除。
3.at first意为“最初”,当副词使用,对后面句子没有影响。因此A为正确选项。