36. It is high time that you stop hanging about and started looking for a job.
a b c d
答案： C
解析： It is high time that 从句中谓语动词应该用一般过去式，stop应改为stopped.
37. Nobody likes her because she always behaves as if she is a queen.
a b c d
答案： D
解析： as if 后面的从句与现在的事实相反，应该用一般过去式表示虚拟语气，be动词应改为were.
38. She was so kind that I could do nothing but to accept her help.
a b c d
答案： D
解析： nothing but后面接动词原形，故D项应该改为：accept。
39. When it turned out, the badly wounded soldier was the old man’s long lost son.
a b c d
答案： A
解析： 改为：as。
40. America will never again have as a nation the spirit of adventure as it was before
a b c
the West was settled.
D
答案： C
解析： 改为：as it had (had), 表示：作为一个民族，美国再也不具有他西部开发以前的那种冒险精神了。