I believe the answer is A because it states its air craft carriers were still afloat and the shipyards, fuel storage etc. was only slightly damaged so the Japanese were unsuccessful
Answer:
Provide for the common defence
The novel’s protagonist. Tom is a mischievous boy with an active imagination who spends most of the novel getting himself, and often his friends, into and out of trouble. Despite his mischief, Tom has a good heart and a strong moral conscience. As the novel progresses, he begins to take more seriously the responsibilities of his role as a leader among his schoolfellows.
C, The complex sentence structure makes the writing formal and refined.