This means — Choose the option nearest to the statement My brother's drunkenness often got on my nerves

Analyze the question The sentence is "My brother's drunkenness often got on my nerves." You are asked to find the option closest in meaning. The key is the idiom "get on someone's nerves."

Explain the concept "To get on someone's nerves" means to irritate, annoy, or make someone fed up. It describes the effect on the speaker (the "my" in "my nerves"), and the feeling is mild to strong irritation or anger.

Step-by-step solution

1. Who is affected? The speaker ("my nerves"), not the brother. This removes: • A. disgraced him, because it is about the brother and talks about shame. • B. made him ill, because it is also about the brother and has nothing to do with the idiom.

2. Compare the two remaining options, which both involve the speaker: • D. offended me: "Offend" means to hurt feelings or insult, or to violate one's sense of morals. The brother's drinking was not necessarily an insult aimed at the speaker. The idiom is about irritation, not insult. • C. made me angry: This is the closest to being irritated or annoyed. It captures the repeated frustration ("often") that the idiom expresses.

3. So C is the best match. "Angry" is slightly stronger than "annoyed", but it is clearly nearer in meaning than "offended."

Answer: C. made me angry

Exam tip: For idiom questions, first work out who is affected (the subject or the object), then match the feeling. Related idioms: "get on one's nerves" = irritate; "pull someone's leg" = joke with them; "hit the roof" = become very angry.