37. It is no use telling grown-up children not to make mistakes, both because they will not believe you, and because mistakes are an essential part of education.
A. …mistakes are great concerns of teachers.
B. …mistakes are the most valuable teachers.
C. …learning from one’s mistakes is important in education.
D. …avoiding making mistakes is not the purpose of education.
38. If disappointed, though, she wasted no energy on self-pity.
A. …she made no effort to hide her pity.
B. …she let her sorrow disappear naturally.
C. …she didn’t like other people to feel sorry for her.
D. …she didn’t spend time feeling sorry for herself.
39. It left me open-minded about prayer.
A. Prayer was no longer secret to me.
B. It made me prejudiced against prayers.
C. Prayer helped me become more understanding.
D. It caused me to believe prayers might be answered.
40. “If you think I’m going to raise a good-for-nothing, you ‘ve got another think coming.”
A. …you need to think it over carefully.
B. …you need someone else to help you.
C. …you’d better stop thinking that way.
D. …you have the right to think differently.
