36. I can identify with you because I’m able to see myself in you and you in me.

A. I’m able to understand you for you look like me and I look like you.

B. I’m able to understand you for we can find ourselves in each other.

C. We bear some resemblance to each other so I can recognize you.

D. I can identify with you because I have extraordinary power and can see me in you and you in me.

37. Seven days before the design is due, I’m still deadlocked.

A. While the deadline is drawing near, I’m locked in a deadly trap.

B. While the deadline is drawing near, I meet with a difficult problem.

C. While the deadline is drawing near, I still have the problems unsolved.

D. While the deadline is drawing near, I develop a terrible case of bloodshot eyes.

38.“If you think I’m going to raise a good-for-nothing,” she said,“ you’ve got another think coming.”

A.“ If you think I’m going to bring up a useless person,” she said,“ you are completely wrong.”

B.“If you think I’m going to bring up a useless person,” she said,“ you should think  about it carefully.”

C.“If you think I’m going to bring up a useless person,” she said,“ you are thinking something else.”

D.“You are wrong to think I’m going to bring up a useless person for you are very promising,” she said.

39. He could think of no answer but the truth.

A. He had to tell the real fact because he could not find other answers.

B. He had to tell the truth if he was asked.

C. He had to tell the truth if he could not answer.

D. He answered but that was not the real fact.

40. It would be a shallow kind of optimism to assume that the introduction of the art of inventing has been an immediate and unmixed blessing to mankind.

A. It would be a shallow kind of optimism to believe that the introduction of the art of inventing has directly benefited only mankind.

B. It would be a shallow kind of optimism to believe that the introduction of the art of inventing has benefited mankind directly.

C. It would be a shallow kind of optimism to think that the introduction of the art of inventing has blessed mankind immediately and blessed only mankind.

D. It would be a shadow kind of optimism to believe that the introduction of the art of inventing has benefited mankind immediately and brought them only benefit.