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________ the absence of any further evidence the police were unable to solve the murder.
| A．For | B．From | C．On | D．In |
---When did he meet his wife for the first time？
---It was _________ he came back from Africa that year _________ he met his wife.
| A．when; then | B．not until; that | C．not; until | D．only; when |
The winner of the Grand Slams said that he had owed his success to many people, his parents_________.
| A．after all | B．by chance |
| C．on purpose | D．in particular |
Do let your mother know all the truth; she appears _________ everything.
| A．to tell | B．to be told |
| C．to be telling | D．to have been told |
Our monitor was absent. Otherwise I _________ the chair.
| A．would not take | B．didn't take |
| C．hadn't taken | D．wouldn't have taken |
He gave up smoking to_________ the money for his son’s education.
| A．set out | B．set aside | C．set up | D．set down |