36. The plane did not frighten Kaz. For one thing, Hiroshima had gone almost untouched by the air war.

 A. …enemy’s air forces had never occupied Hiroshima.

 B. …almost no fighting had ever occurred in and around Hiroshima.

 C. …Hiroshima was the only city where no one was killed by air raids.

 D. …h(huán)ardly had Hiroshima been attacked by enemy’s air forces during the war.

37. It is impossible to measure the importance of Edison by adding up the specific inventions with which his name is associated．

 A. …by describing the significance of his inventions.

 B. …by connecting his reputation with his inventions.

 C. …by remembering the total number of his inventions.

 D. …by listing all the inventions he has made or helped make.

38. “That’s nothing but religious pap,” he retorted with a degree of anger.

A． “That’s just religious preaching,” he argued back angrily.

   B． “There is nothing related to religion,” he replied with anger.

   C． “Anything is more inspiring than a religious creed,” he responded angrily.

   D． “Nothing is more important than a religious belief,” he claimed with anger.

39. Shortly after that my mother reported that Little-John-Carrie’s-other-nephew had started school on the same day and taken to it like a duck to water.

 A. …and rushed to the activities there right away.

 B. …and begun to like school immediately.

   C. …and behaved himself naturally.

   D. …and stayed at school all day.

40. Toddy Beamish opposed everything he said by a monotonous but effective “So you say,” and drove him to the limit of his patience.

 A. …these words provoked his anxiety.

 B. …this kept him from going to extremes.

 C. …these words calmed him effectively and he became patient.

 D. …this annoyed him so much that he could no longer put up with it.