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.