Task 1
Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 through 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should make the correct choice.
Why does a commuter (持火车月票的乘客) always look as if he has just been through a war？ Here is a story of a commuter.
Mr. Green gets up very early every day and eats a quick breakfast. Then he makes his wife drive him to the station. He arrives on time, b
If Mr. Green had got up several minutes later, he ______.

A. would have missed the train
B. might still have been able to catch the train
C. wouldn't be sad
D. would have been away from a war