__________not to miss the meeting at 4 p. m．，the manager put down his work at once and set out for the City Hall.
| A．Reminding | B．To remind |
| C．Having reminded | D．Reminded |
______ helping the situation, you’ve just make it worse.
| A．Except for | B．Along with | C．Apart from | D．Far from |
I was caught in the traffic jam this morning; ______, I would have come on time.
| A．otherwise | B．besides | C．however | D．therefore |
--- Did you return the book you borrowed from Tom?
--- Yes, I gave it to him ______ I saw him.
| A．for the moment | B．the moment | C．for a moment | D．at the moment |
If law and order as well as rules and regulations ______, neither the citizen nor his property is safe.
| A．are not observed | B．is not observed |
| C．were not observed | D．was not observed |
It’s better to express your anger ______ bottle it up.
| A．more than | B．other than | C．rather than | D．or rather |