I don't think anyone understood what I was saying at the meeting, did they? I totally failed to get my point __________ .
A.around
B.along
C.across
D.about

There was nothing they could do_________ leave the car at the roadside where it had broken down.
A.unless
B.but
C.than
D.instead of

I'm ________my brother is
A.nothing near as ambitious as
B.nowhere like so ambitious as
C.nowhere near as ambitious as
D.nothing as ambitious as

It's very kind of you to give me something on my birthday, but you ________such an expensive present like this.
A.needn't have bought
B.haven't needed to buy
C.needn't to buy
D.didn't need to buy

Ralph Nader was the most prominent leader of the U.S consumer protection movement.
A.casual
B.significant
C.promiscuous
D.aggressive

The word "those" in line 24 refers to
A.investigations
B.microscopes
C.properties
D.x-rays

__________that I tore up the letter.
A.I was so annoying
B.I was such an annoyed
C.Such was my annoyance
D.So was I annoyed

Now I am unemployed. I have too much time________ and don't know what to do with myself.
A.in hand
B.in my hands
C.to hand
D.on my hands

_________in the street yesterday was very friendly.
A.The mounted police whom I saw
B.The mounted police, who I saw
C.The mounted police I saw whom
D.Who is the mounted police I saw

There is no chance of you getting the promotion after only two months working here, _________the great work you have done.
A.nevertheless
B.regardless
C.presuming
D.notwithstanding